Flea leucine aminopeptidase proteins and uses thereof

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to flea serine protease proteins, aminopeptidase proteins and flea cysteine protease proteins; to flea serine protease, aminopeptidase and cysteine protease nucleic acid molecules, including those that encode such proteins; to antibodies raised against such proteins; and to compounds that inhibit flea serine protease, aminopeptidase and/or cysteine protease activities. The present invention also includes methods to obtain such proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies, and inhibitors. Also included in the present invention are therapeutic compositions comprising such proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies, and/or inhibitors as well as the use of such therapeutic compositions to protect a host animal from flea infestation.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present invention is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/639,075, filed Apr. 24, 1996, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/484,211 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,972,645, 08/482,130 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,962,257 on Oct. 5, 1999), 08/485,443, and 08/485,455 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,712,143 on Jan. 27, 1998), each of which was filed on Jun. 7, 1995 and each of which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/326,773, filed Oct. 18, 1994, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,766,609 on Jun. 16, 1998, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/806,482, filed Dec. 13, 1991, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,356,622 on Oct. 18, 1994. The present application is also a continuation-in-part of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/326,773, ibid., as well as of PCT/US95/14442, the international filing date of which is Oct. 18, 1995. PCT/US95/14442 claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 08/326,773, 08/484,211, 08/482,130, 08/485,443 and 08/485,455, ibid. Each of the applications referred to in this section is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to novel flea protease proteins and their use to reduce flea infestation of animals. The present invention also relates to the use of anti-flea protease antibodies and other compounds that reduce flea protease activity to reduce flea infestation of animals.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Fleas, which belong to the insect order Siphonaptera, are obligate ectoparasites for a wide variety of animals, including birds and mammals. Flea infestation of animals is of health and economic concern because fleas are known to cause and/or transmit a variety of diseases. Fleas cause and/or carry infectious agents that cause, for example, flea allergy dermatitis, anemia, murine typhus, plague and tapeworm. In addition, fleas are a problem for animals maintained as pets because the infestation becomes a source of annoyance for the pet owner who may find his or her home generally contaminated with fleas which feed on the pets. As such, fleas are a problem not only when they are on an animal but also when they are in the general environment of the animal.

The medical and veterinary importance of flea infestation has prompted the development of reagents capable of controlling flea infestation. Commonly encountered methods to control flea infestation are generally focussed on use of insecticides in formulations such as sprays, shampoos, dusts, dips, or foams, or in pet collars. While some of these products are efficacious, most, at best, offer protection of a very limited duration. Furthermore, many of the methods are often not successful in reducing flea populations on the pet for one or more of the following reasons: (1) failure of owner compliance (frequent administration is required); (2) behavioral or physiological intolerance of the pet to the pesticide product or means of administration; and (3) the emergence of flea populations resistant to the prescribed dose of pesticide. Additional anti-flea products include nontoxic reagents such as insect growth regulators (IGRs), including methoprene, which mimics flea hormones and affect flea larval development.

An alternative method for controlling flea infestation is the use of flea vaccines to be administered to animals prior to or during flea infestation. However, despite considerable interest in developing anti-flea reagents, no flea vaccine presently exists.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to flea serine protease proteins, to flea aminopeptidase proteins, and to flea cysteine protease proteins; to flea serine protease, aminopeptidase and/or cysteine protease nucleic acid molecules, including those that encode such proteins; to antibodies raised against such proteins; and to compounds that inhibit flea serine protease, aminopeptidase and/or cysteine protease activities. The present invention also includes methods to obtain such proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies, and inhibitors. Also included in the present invention are therapeutic compositions comprising such proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies, and/or inhibitors as well as the use of such therapeutic compositions to protect a host animal from flea infestation.

One embodiment of the present invention is an isolated flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with a flea serine protease gene. Particularly preferred flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules include nucleic acid sequences SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:30, SEQ ID NO:32, SEQ ID NO:34, SEQ ID NO:36, and SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:52, SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:66, SEQ ID NO:68, SEQ ID NO:70, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:76, SEQ ID NO:78, SEQ ID NO:80, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:84, SEQ ID NO:86, SEQ ID NO:88, SEQ ID NO:90, SEQ ID NO:92, SEQ ID NO:94, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:98, SEQ ID NO:100, SEQ ID NO:102, SEQ ID NO:104, SEQ ID NO:106, SEQ ID NO:108, SEQ ID NO:110, the nucleic acid sequences disclosed in Table 2, SEQ ID NO:120, SEQ. ID NO:122, SEQ ID NO:124, SEQ ID NO:126, SEQ ID NO:128, SEQ ID NO:130, SEQ ID NO:132, SEQ ID NO:134, SEQ ID NO:136, SEQ ID NO:138, SEQ ID NO:140, SEQ ID NO:142, SEQ ID NO:144, SEQ ID NO:146, SEQ ID NO:148, SEQ ID NO:150, SEQ ID NO:152, SEQ ID NO:154, SEQ ID NO:156, SEQ ID NO:158, SEQ ID NO:160, SEQ ID NO:162, SEQ ID NO:164 and/or SEQ ID NO:189 and/or nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins having amino acid sequences SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO: 25, SEQ ID NO:27, SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ ID NO:31, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:41, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:43, SEQ ID NO:44, SEQ ID NO:45, SEQ ID NO:46, SEQ ID NO:47, SEQ ID NO:53, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:69, SEQ ID NO:71, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:77, SEQ ID NO:79, SEQ ID NO:81, SEQ ID NO:83, SEQ ID NO:85, SEQ ID NO:87, SEQ ID NO:89, SEQ ID NO:91, SEQ ID NO:93, SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:97, SEQ ID NO:99, SEQ ID NO:101, SEQ ID NO:103, SEQ ID NO:105, SEQ ID NO:107, SEQ ID NO:109, SEQ ID NO:111, SEQ ID NO:121, SEQ ID NO:123, SEQ ID NO:125, SEQ ID NO:127, SEQ ID NO:129, SEQ ID NO:131, SEQ ID NO:133, SEQ ID NO:135, SEQ ID NO:137, SEQ ID NO:139, SEQ ID NO:141, SEQ ID NO:143, SEQ ID NO:145, SEQ ID NO:147, SEQ ID NO:149, SEQ ID NO:151, SEQ ID NO:153, SEQ ID NO:155, SEQ ID NO:157, SEQ ID NO:159, SEQ ID NO:161, SEQ ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:165, SEQ ID NO:179, SEQ ID NO:180, SEQ ID NO:181, SEQ ID NO:184 and/or SEQ ID NO:190, and/or the amino acid sequences disclosed in Table 2; as well as allelic variants of any of the listed nucleic acid sequences or complements of any of the listed nucleic acid sequences.

Another embodiment of the present invention is an isolated flea aminopeptidase nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with a flea aminopeptidase gene. A particularly preferred flea aminopeptidase nucleic acid molecule includes nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:50, SEQ ID NO:112, SEQ ID NO:169 and/or SEQ ID NO:171, and/or nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins having amino acid sequences SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:113, SEQ ID NO:167, SEQ ID NO:170, SEQ ID NO:172, as well as allelic variants of any of those nucleic acid sequences or complements of any of the listed nucleic acid sequences.

Another embodiment of the present invention is an isolated flea cysteine protease nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with a flea cysteine protease gene. A particularly preferred flea cysteine protease nucleic acid molecule includes nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:177, and/or nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:178, as well as allelic variants of any of those nucleic acid sequences or complements of any of the listed nucleic acid sequences.

The present invention also includes a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a flea protease protein, including a larval serine protease protein, an adult serine protease protein, a larval aminopeptidase protein, an adult aminopeptidase protein, a larval cysteine protease protein and/or an adult cysteine protease protein

The present invention also relates to recombinant molecules, recombinant viruses and recombinant cells that include flea serine protease, aminopeptidase and/or cysteine protease nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. Also included are methods to produce such nucleic acid molecules, recombinant molecules, recombinant viruses and recombinant cells.

Another embodiment of the present invention includes an isolated flea serine protease protein, including a protein that includes a flea serine protease protein. A preferred flea serine protease protein is capable of eliciting an immune response against a natural flea protease when administered to an animal and/or of having serine protease activity. Particularly preferred flea serine protease proteins are those encoded by preferred flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.

Yet another embodiment of the present invention includes an isolated flea aminopeptidase protein, including a protein that includes a flea aminopeptidase protein. A preferred flea aminopeptidase protein is capable of eliciting an immune response against a natural flea protease when administered to an animal and/or of having aminopeptidase activity.

Yet another embodiment of the present invention includes an isolated flea cysteine protease protein, including a protein that includes a flea cysteine protease protein. A preferred flea cysteine protease protein is capable of eliciting an immune response against a natural flea protease when administered to an animal and/or of having cysteine protease activity.

The present invention also relates to mimetopes of flea serine protease, aminopeptidase and/or cysteine protease proteins as well as to isolated antibodies that selectively bind to flea serine protease proteins or mimetopes thereof, to flea aminopeptidase proteins or mimetopes thereof, or to flea cysteine protease proteins or mimetopes thereof. Also included are methods, including recombinant methods, to produce proteins, mimetopes and antibodies of the present invention.

Yet another embodiment of the present invention is a therapeutic composition that is capable of reducing flea infestation. Such a therapeutic composition includes one or more of the following protective compounds: an isolated flea serine protease protein or a mimetope thereof; an isolated flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with a flea serine protease gene; an isolated antibody that selectively binds to a flea serine protease protein; an inhibitor of flea serine protease activity identified by its ability to inhibit flea serine protease activity; an isolated flea aminopeptidase protein or a mimetope thereof; an isolated flea aminopeptidase nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with a flea aminopeptidase gene; an isolated antibody that selectively binds to a flea aminopeptidase protein; an inhibitor of flea aminopeptidase activity identified by its ability to inhibit flea aminopeptidase activity; an isolated flea cysteine protease protein or a mimetope thereof; an isolated flea cysteine protease nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with a flea cysteine protease gene; an isolated antibody that selectively binds to a flea cysteine protease protein; an inhibitor of flea cysteine protease activity identified by its ability to inhibit flea cysteine protease activity. A preferred therapeutic composition of the present invention also includes an excipient, an adjuvant and/or a carrier. Also included in the present invention is a method to reduce flea infestation. The method includes the step of administering to the animal a therapeutic composition of the present invention.

Another embodiment of the present invention is a method to identify a compound capable of inhibiting flea serine protease, flea aminopeptidase or flea cysteine protease activity. The method includes the steps of: (a) contacting an isolated flea serine protease protein, a flea aminopeptidase protein or a flea cysteine protease protein, with a putative inhibitory compound under conditions in which, in the absence of the compound, the protein has, respectively, serine protease, aminopeptidase or cysteine protease activity; and (b) determining if the putative inhibitory compound inhibits the respective activity. Also included in the present invention is a test kit to identify a compound capable of inhibiting flea serine protease, flea aminopeptidase or cysteine protease activity. Such a kit includes an isolated flea serine protease protein having serine protease activity, an isolated flea aminopeptidase protein having aminopeptidase activity or an isolated flea cysteine protease protein having cysteine protease activity and a means for determining the extent of inhibition of the respective activity in the presence of a putative inhibitory compound.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 depicts a protease substrate gel analysis of the relative proteolytic activity in 1, 2, 5 or 10 midguts from either fed or unfed female fleas.

FIG. 2 depicts a protease substrate gel analysis of fed and unfed midgut preparations incubated in the presence or absence of a serine protease inhibitor.

FIG. 3 depicts a protease substrate gel analysis of various fractions obtained in the preparation of a soluble flea midgut preparation incubated in the presence or absence of a serine protease inhibitor.

FIG. 4 depicts a protease substrate gel showing midgut protease activity as a function of time after flea blood feeding.

FIG. 5A depicts a Coomassie stained SDS-PAGE of partially purified (1,3-³H)-diisopropylfluoro-phosphate (DFP)-labeled fed flea midgut serine proteases.

FIG. 5B depicts an autoradiogram of the SDS-PAGE gel of FIG. 5A of partially purified DFP-labeled fed flea midgut serine proteases.

FIG. 6 depicts the mean viability of adult (both male and female) fleas fed blood containing certain protease inhibitors.

FIG. 7 depicts the mean fecundity of adult female fleas fed blood containing certain protease inhibitors.

FIG. 8 depicts the mean viability of adult (both male and female) fleas fed blood containing certain protease inhibitors.

FIG. 9 depicts the mean fecundity of adult female fleas fed blood containing certain protease inhibitors.

FIG. 10 depicts induction over time of DFP-labeled proteases in fleas feeding on a cat.

FIG. 11 depicts SDS-PAGE of induction over time of DFP-labeled proteases in fleas feeding on a cat.

FIG. 12 depicts SDS-PAGE of DFP-labeled larval proteases in unfed larvae, fed 1st instar larvae and fed 3rd instar larvae.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention includes the use of compounds that inhibit flea protease activity to protect a host animal from flea infestation. The inventors have discovered that proteases are significant components of the flea midgut and are good targets for immunotherapeutic and/or chemotherapeutic intervention to reduce flea burden both on the host animal and in the immediate (i.e., surrounding) environment of the animal. The inventors have shown, for example, that the viability and/or fecundity of fleas consuming a blood meal is reduced when the blood meal contains compounds that reduce flea protease activity, probably because the compounds interfere with flea digestion and other functions. Compounds that reduce the amount and/or activity of flea proteases without substantially harming the host animal are included in the present invention. Such compounds include flea protease vaccines, anti-flea protease antibodies, flea protease inhibitors, and/or compounds that suppress protease synthesis; such compounds are discussed in more detail below.

One embodiment of the present invention is a method to protect a host animal from flea infestation by treating the animal with a composition that includes a compound that reduces the protease activity of fleas feeding (includes fleas in the process of feeding as well as fleas having fed) from the treated animal thereby reducing the flea burden on the animal and in the environment of the animal. It is to be noted that the term “a” or “an” entity refers to one or more of that entity; for example, a compound refers to one or more compounds. As such, the terms “a” (or “an”), “one or more” and “at least one” can be used interchangeably herein. Thus, a composition of the present invention can include one or more compounds that target (reduced the activity of) one or more proteases in the flea.

As used herein, the phrase “to protect an animal from flea infestation” refers to reducing the potential for flea population expansion on and around the animal (i.e., reducing the flea burden). Preferably, the flea population size is decreased, optimally to an extent that the animal is no longer bothered by fleas. A host animal, as used herein, is an animal from which fleas can feed by attaching to and feeding through the skin of the animal. Fleas, and other ectoparasites, can live on a host animal for an extended period of time or can attach temporarily to an animal in order to feed. At any given time, a certain percentage of a flea population can be on a host animal whereas the remainder can be in the environment surrounding the animal (i.e., in the environment of the animal). Such an environment can include not only adult fleas, but also flea eggs and/or flea larvae. The environment can be of any size such that fleas in the environment are able to jump onto and off of a host animal. As such, it is desirable not only to reduce the flea burden on an animal per se, but also to reduce the flea burden in the environment surrounding the animal.

In accordance with the present invention, a host animal is treated by administering to the animal a compound of the present invention in such a manner that the compound itself (e.g., a protease inhibitor, protease synthesis suppressor or anti-flea protease antibody) or a product generated by the animal in response to administration of the compound (e.g., antibodies produced in response to a flea protease vaccine, or conversion of an inactive inhibitor “prodrug” to an active protease inhibitor) ultimately enters the flea midgut. An animal is preferably treated in such a way that the compound or product thereof enters the blood stream of the animal. Fleas are then exposed to the compound when they feed from the animal. For example, flea protease inhibitors administered to an animal are administered in such a way that the inhibitors enter the blood stream of the animal, where they can be taken up by feeding fleas. In another embodiment, when a host animal is administered a flea protease vaccine, the treated animal mounts an immune response resulting in the production of antibodies against the protease (anti-flea protease antibodies) which circulate in the animal's blood stream and are taken up by fleas upon feeding. Blood taken up by fleas enters the flea midgut where compounds of the present invention, or products thereof, such as anti-flea protease antibodies, flea protease inhibitors, and/or protease synthesis suppressors, interact with, and reduce proteolytic activity in the flea midgut. The present invention also includes the ability to reduce larval flea infestation in that when fleas feed from a host animal that has been administered a therapeutic composition of the present invention, at least a portion of compounds of the present invention, or products thereof, in the blood taken up by the flea are excreted by the flea in feces, which is subsequently ingested by flea larvae. It is of note that flea larvae obtain most, if not all, of their nutrition from flea feces.

In accordance with the present invention, reducing proteolytic activity in flea midguts can lead to a number of outcomes that reduce flea burden on treated animals and their surrounding environments. Such outcomes include, but are not limited to, (a) reducing the viability of fleas that feed from the treated animal, (b) reducing the fecundity of female fleas that feed from the treated animal, (c) reducing the reproductive capacity of male fleas that feed from the treated animal, (d) reducing the viability of eggs laid by female fleas that feed from the treated animal, (e) altering the blood feeding behavior of fleas that feed from the treated animal (e.g., fleas take up less volume per feeding or feed less frequently), (f) reducing the viability of flea larvae, for example due to the feeding of larvae from feces of fleas that feed from the treated animal and/or (g) altering the development of flea larvae (e.g., by decreasing feeding behavior, inhibiting growth, inhibiting (e.g., slowing or blocking) molting, and/or otherwise inhibiting maturation to adults). One embodiment of the present invention is a composition that includes one or more compounds that reduce the activity of one or more flea proteases directly (e.g., an anti-flea protease antibody or a flea protease inhibitor) and/or indirectly (e.g., a flea protease vaccine). Suitable flea proteases to target include flea aminopeptidases, flea carboxypeptidases and/or flea endopeptidases. Such proteases can include cytosolic and/or membrane-bound forms of a protease. Preferred flea proteases to target include, but are not limited to, serine proteases, metalloproteases, aspartic acid proteases and/or cysteine proteases. It is to be noted that these preferred groups of proteases include aminopeptidases, carboxypeptidases and/or endopeptidases. Preferred flea proteases to target include, but are not limited to, proteases that degrade hemoglobin, proteases involved in blood coagulation and/or lytic (anti-coagulation) pathways, proteases involved in the maturation of peptide hormones, proteases that inhibit complement or other host immune response elements (e.g., antibodies) and/or proteases involved in vitellogenesis. A number of proteases are known to those skilled in the art, including, but not limited to, aminopeptidases, such as leucine aminopeptidase and aminopeptidases B and M; astacin-like metalloproteases; calpains; carboxypeptidases, such as carboxypeptidases A, P and Y; cathepsins, such as cathepsins B, D, E, G, H, and L, chymotrypsins; cruzipains; meprins; papains; pepsins; renins; thermolysins and trypsins. A particularly preferred protease to target is a protease having a proteolytic activity that, when targeted with a composition of the present invention, reduces flea burden without substantially harming the host animal. Such a protease can be identified using, for example, methods as disclosed herein.

One aspect of the present invention is the discovery that a substantial amount of the proteolytic activity found in flea midguts is serine protease activity. Both in vitro and in vivo studies using a number of protease inhibitors substantiate this discovery, details of which are disclosed in the Examples. As such a particularly preferred protease to target is a serine protease. Examples of serine proteases, include, but are not limited to, acrosins, bromelains, cathepsin G, chymotrypsins, collagenases, elastases, factor Xa, ficins, kallikreins, papains, plasmins, Staphylococcal V8 proteases, thrombins and trypsins. In one embodiment, a preferred flea serine protease to target includes a protease having trypsin-like or chymotrypsin-like activity. It is appreciated by those skilled in the art that an enzyme having “like” proteolytic activity has similar activity to the referenced protease, although the exact structure of the preferred substrate cleaved may differ. “Like” proteases usually have similar tertiary structures as their referenced counterparts.

Protease inhibitor studies disclosed in the Examples section also indicate that additional preferred proteases to target include aminopeptidases and/or metalloproteases. Examples of such proteases include exo- and endo-metalloproteases, digestive enzymes, and enzymes involved in peptide hormone maturation. One example of an aminopeptidase that is also a metalloprotease is leucine aminopeptidase.

Suitable compounds to include in compositions of the present invention include, but are not limited to, a vaccine comprising a flea protease (a flea protease vaccine), an antibody that selectively binds to a flea protease (an anti-flea protease antibody), a flea protease inhibitor (a compound other than a vaccine or an antibody that inhibits a flea protease), and a mixture of such compounds. As used herein, a mixture thereof refers to a combination of one or more of the cited entities. Compositions of the present invention can also include compounds to suppress protease synthesis or maturation, such as, but not limited to, protease modulating peptides.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention is a flea protease vaccine and its use to reduce the flea population on and around an animal. A flea protease vaccine can include one or more proteins capable of eliciting an immune response against a flea protease and can also include other components. Preferred flea protease vaccines include a flea serine protease, a flea metalloprotease, a flea aspartic acid protease and/or a flea cysteine protease, with flea serine protease, flea metalloprotease and/or flea aminopeptidase vaccines being more preferred. Examples of flea protease vaccines include soluble flea midgut preparations of the present invention as well as one or more isolated proteins of the present invention.

One embodiment of the present invention is a soluble flea midgut preparation. Such a preparation includes primarily components naturally present in the lumen of a flea midgut and, depending on the method of preparation, can also include one or more peripheral midgut membrane proteins. Methods to preferentially include, or exclude, membrane proteins from such a preparation are known to those skilled in the art. The present invention includes the discovery that such a preparation has proteolytic activity, of which a substantial portion is serine protease activity. Preferably at least about 70 percent of the proteolytic activity in a soluble flea midgut soluble preparation is serine protease activity, as can be indicated by the ability to inhibit at least about 70 percent of the proteolytic activity with 4-2-aminoethyl-benzenesulfonylfluoride-hydrochloride (AEBSF). Serine protease activity can also be identified using other known inhibitors or substrates. Other preferred inhibitors that can inhibit at least about 70 percent of the proteolytic activity of a soluble flea midgut preparation of the present invention include soybean trypsin inhibitor, 1,3-diisopropylfluoro-phosphate or leupeptin.

A soluble flea midgut preparation of the present invention includes proteases that range in molecular weight from about 5 kilodaltons (kD or kDa) to about 200 kD, as determined by SDS-PAGE (sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis), with at least a substantial portion of the serine proteases ranging in molecular weight from about 5 kD to about 60 kD, as determined by SDS-PAGE. A substantial portion of protease activity in a soluble flea midgut preparation of the present invention has a pH activity optimum ranging from about pH 5 to about pH 10, preferably an activity optimum ranging from about pH 7 to about pH 9, and even more preferably an activity optimum of about pH 8. While not being bound by theory, such a pH optimum suggests that a large proportion of proteases in soluble flea midgut preparations of the present invention are serine proteases. It is also interesting to note that the pH of the flea midgut is also about pH 8. The findings that proteases in soluble flea midgut preparations of the present invention exhibit a varied pattern of inhibition by protease inhibitors of a given type (e.g., serine protease inhibitors), as well as variances seen in molecular weights and pH optima of the proteases, suggest that there are a number of protease isoforms in such preparations.

A soluble flea midgut preparation of the present invention is preferably prepared by a method that includes the steps of (a) disrupting a flea midgut to produce a mixture including a liquid portion and a solid portion and (b) recovering the liquid portion to obtain a soluble flea midgut preparation. Such a method is a simplified version of methods disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,356,622, ibid. It is to be noted that in accordance with the present invention, methods disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,356,622, ibid. can also be used to prepare soluble flea midgut preparations having similar proteolytic activities.

Flea midguts can be obtained (e.g., dissected from) from unfed fleas or from fleas that recently consumed a blood meal (i.e., blood-fed fleas) Such midguts are referred to herein as, respectively, unfed flea midguts and fed flea midguts. Flea midguts can be obtained from either male or female fleas. As demonstrated in the Examples section, female flea midguts exhibit somewhat more proteolytic activity than do male flea midguts. Furthermore, fed flea midguts have significantly more proteolytic activity than do unfed flea midguts. While not being bound by theory, it is believed that blood feeding induces in flea midguts the synthesis and/or activation of proteases as well as other factors (e.g., enzymes, other proteins, co-factors, etc.) important in digesting the blood meal, as well as in neutralizing host molecules potentially damaging to the flea (e.g., complement, immunoglobulins, blood coagulation factors). It is also to be appreciated that unfed flea midguts may contain significant targets not found in fed flea midguts and vice versa. Furthermore, although the present application focusses primarily on flea midgut proteases, it is to be noted that the present invention also includes other components of soluble flea midgut preparations of the present invention that provide suitable targets to reduce flea burden on an animal and in the environment of that animal; see also U.S. Pat. No. 5,356,622, ibid.

Methods to disrupt flea midguts in order to obtain a soluble flea midgut preparation are known to those skilled in the art and can be selected according to, for example, the volume being processed and the buffers being used. Such methods include any technique that promotes cell lysis, such as, but are not limited to, chemical disruption techniques (e.g., exposure of midguts to a detergent) as well as mechanical disruption techniques (e.g., homogenization, sonication, use of a tissue blender or glass beads, and freeze/thaw techniques).

Methods to recover a soluble flea midgut preparation are also known to those skilled in the art and can include any method by which the liquid portion of disrupted flea midguts is separated from the solid portion (e.g., filtration or centrifugation). In a preferred embodiment, disrupted flea midguts are subjected to centrifugation, preferably at an acceleration ranging from about 10,000×g to about 15,000×g for several minutes (e.g., from about 1 min. to about 15 min.). The supernatant from such a centrifugation comprises a soluble flea midgut preparation of the present invention.

The present invention also includes an isolated protein that includes an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid molecule capable of hybridizing under stringent conditions (i.e., that hybridize under stringent hybridization conditions) with a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a protease present (i.e., the nucleic acid molecules hybridize with the nucleic acid strand that is complementary to the coding strand) in (i.e., can be found in) a flea midgut, such as a midgut from a blood-fed female flea, a midgut from a blood-fed male flea, a midgut from an unfed female flea or a midgut from an unfed male flea. A preferred midgut protease is present in the lumen of the midgut.

An isolated protein of the present invention, also referred to herein as an isolated protease protein, preferably is capable of eliciting an immune response against a flea midgut protease and/or has proteolytic activity. According to the present invention, an isolated, or biologically pure, protein, is a protein that has been removed from its natural milieu. As such, “isolated” and “biologically pure” do not necessarily reflect the extent to which the protein has been purified. An isolated protease protein can be obtained from its natural source. Such an isolated protein can also be produced using recombinant DNA technology or chemical synthesis.

As used herein, an isolated protein of the present invention can be a full-length protein or any homologue of such a protein, such as a protein in which amino acids have been deleted (e.g., a truncated version of the protein, such as a peptide), inserted, inverted, substituted and/or derivatized (e.g., by glycosylation, phosphorylation, acetylation, myristoylation, prenylation, palmitoylation, amidation and/or addition of glycerophosphatidyl inositol) such that the homologue comprises a protein having an amino acid sequence that is sufficiently similar to a natural flea midgut protease that a nucleic acid sequence encoding the homologue is capable of hybridizing under stringent conditions to (i.e., with) the complement of a nucleic acid sequence encoding the corresponding natural flea midgut protease amino acid sequence. As used herein, stringent hybridization conditions refer to standard hybridization conditions under which nucleic acid molecules, including oligonucleotides, are used to identify similar nucleic acid molecules. Such standard conditions are disclosed, for example, in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Labs Press, 1989; Sambrook et al., ibid., is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. Stringent hybridization conditions typically permit isolation of nucleic acid molecules having at least about 70% nucleic acid sequence identity with the nucleic acid molecule being used to probe in the hybridization reaction. Formulae to calculate the appropriate hybridization and wash conditions to achieve hybridization permitting 30% or less mismatch of nucleotides are disclosed, for example, in Meinkoth et al., 1984, Anal. Biochem. 138, 267-284; Meinkoth et al., ibid., is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

The minimal size of a protein homologue of the present invention is a size sufficient to be encoded by a nucleic acid molecule capable of forming a stable hybrid with the complementary sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding the corresponding natural protein. As such, the size of the nucleic acid molecule encoding such a protein homologue is dependent on nucleic acid composition and percent homology between the nucleic acid molecule and complementary sequence as well as upon hybridization conditions per se (e.g., temperature, salt concentration, and formamide concentration). The minimal size of such nucleic acid molecules is typically at least about 12 to about 15 nucleotides in length if the nucleic acid molecules are GC-rich and at least about 15 to about 17 bases in length if they are AT-rich. As such, the minimal size of a nucleic acid molecule used to encode a protease protein homologue of the present invention is from about 12 to about 18 nucleotides in length. There is no limit, other than a practical limit, on the maximal size of such a nucleic acid molecule in that the nucleic acid molecule can include a portion of a gene, an entire gene, or multiple genes, or portions thereof. Similarly, the minimal size of a protease protein homologue of the present invention is from about 4 to about 6 amino acids in length, with preferred sizes depending on whether a full-length, multivalent (i.e., fusion protein having more than one domain each of which has a function), or functional portions of such proteins are desired. Protease protein homologues of the present invention preferably have protease activity and/or are capable of eliciting an immune response against a flea midgut protease.

A protease protein homologue of the present invention can be the result of allelic variation of a natural gene encoding a flea protease. A natural gene refers to the form of the gene found most often in nature. Protease protein homologues can be produced using techniques known in the art including, but not limited to, direct modifications to a gene encoding a protein using, for example, classic or recombinant DNA techniques to effect random or targeted mutagenesis. Isolated protease proteins of the present invention, including homologues, can be identified in a straight-forward manner by the proteins' ability to effect proteolytic activity and/or to elicit an immune response against a flea midgut protease. Such techniques are known to those skilled in the art.

A preferred protease protein of the present invention is a flea serine protease, a flea metalloprotease, a flea aspartic acid protease, a flea cysteine protease, or a homologue of any of these proteases. A more preferred protease protein is a flea serine protease, a flea metalloprotease or a homologue of either. Also preferred is a flea aminopeptidase or a homologue thereof. Also preferred is a flea cysteine protease or a homologue thereof. Particularly preferred is a flea serine protease or a homologue thereof.

Preferred protease proteins of the present invention are flea protease proteins having molecular weights ranging from about 5 kD to about 200 kD, as determined by SDS-PAGE, and homologues of such proteins. More preferred are flea protease proteins having molecular weights ranging from about 5 kD to about 60 kD, as determined by SDS-PAGE, and homologues of such proteins. Even more preferred are flea serine protease proteins, particularly those having molecular weights of about 26 kD (denoted PfSP26, now denoted PafSP-26K to distinguish from flea PfSP26 as described in Example 26), about 24 kD (denoted PfSP24, now denoted PafSP-24K to distinguish from flea PfSP24 as described in Example 27), about 19 kD (denoted PfSP19,now denoted PafSP-19K to distinguish from flea PfSP19 as described in Example 32), about 6 kD (denoted PfSP6, now denoted PafSP-6K to distinguish from flea PfSP6 as described in Example 11), about 31 kD (denoted PfSP28), about 25 kD (denoted PlfSP-25K1) from 1st instar larvae, about 25 kD (denoted PlfSP-25K3) from 3rd instar larvae, about 28 kD (denoted PlfSP-28K3) and about 31 kD (denoted PlfSP-31K3), and flea aminopeptidase proteins, particularly those having molecular weights of about 95 kD (denoted PfAP-95K) as determined by SDS-PAGE, and homologues of such proteins.

One preferred embodiment of the present invention is an isolated flea protease protein that includes an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with a flea serine protease gene, with a flea aminopeptidase gene or with a flea cysteine protease gene. As used herein, a flea protease gene includes all nucleic acid sequences related to a natural flea protease gene such as regulatory regions that control production of a flea protease protein encoded by that gene (such as, but not limited to, transcription, translation or post-translation control regions) as well as the coding region itself.

The inventors have discovered an extensive family of serine proteases, encoded by a family of serine protease genes. Such a gene family may be due to allelic variants (i.e., genes having similar, but different, sequences at a given locus in a population of fleas) and/or to, the existence of serine protease genes at more than one locus in the flea genome. As such, the present invention includes flea serine protease genes comprising not only the nucleic acid sequences disclosed herein (e.g., genes including nucleic acid sequences SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:30, SEQ ID NO:32, SEQ ID NO:34, SEQ ID NO:36, SEQ ID NO:38 and/or the nucleic acid sequences disclosed in Table 2 (i.e., SEQ ID NO:52, SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:66, SEQ ID NO:68, SEQ ID NO:70, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:76, SEQ ID NO:78), SEQ ID NO:80, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:84, SEQ ID NO:86, SEQ ID NO:88, SEQ ID NO:90, SEQ ID NO:92, SEQ ID NO:94, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:98, SEQ ID NO:100, SEQ ID NO:102, SEQ ID NO:104, SEQ ID NO:106, SEQ ID NO:108, SEQ ID NO:110, SEQ ID NO:120, SEQ ID NO:122, SEQ ID NO:124, SEQ ID NO:126, SEQ ID NO:128, SEQ ID NO:130, SEQ ID NO:132, SEQ ID NO:134, SEQ ID NO:136, SEQ ID NO:138, SEQ ID NO:140, SEQ ID NO:142, SEQ ID NO:144, SEQ ID NO:146, SEQ ID NO:148, SEQ ID NO:150, SEQ ID NO:152, SEQ ID NO:154, SEQ ID NO:156, SEQ ID NO:158, SEQ ID NO:160, SEQ ID NO:162, SEQ ID NO:164 and/or SEQ ID NO:189, and/or nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins having amino acid sequences as disclosed herein (e.g., SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO:25, SEQ ID NO:27, SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ ID NO:31, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:41, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:43, SEQ ID NO:44, SEQ ID NO:45, SEQ ID NO:46, SEQ ID NO:47, the amino acid sequences disclosed in Table 2 (i.e., SEQ ID NO:53, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:69, SEQ ID NO:71, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:77, SEQ ID NO:79), SEQ ID NO:81, SEQ ID NO:83, SEQ ID NO:85, SEQ ID NO:87, SEQ ID NO:89, SEQ ID NO:91, SEQ ID NO:93, SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:97, SEQ ID NO:99, SEQ ID NO:101, SEQ ID NO:103, SEQ ID NO:105, SEQ ID NO:107, SEQ ID NO:109, SEQ ID NO:111, SEQ ID NO:121, SEQ ID NO:123, SEQ ID NO:125, SEQ ID NO:127, SEQ ID NO:129, SEQ ID NO:131, SEQ ID NO:133, SEQ ID NO:135, SEQ ID NO:137, SEQ ID NO:139, SEQ ID NO:141, SEQ ID NO:143, SEQ ID NO:145, SEQ ID NO:147, SEQ ID NO:149, SEQ ID NO:151, SEQ ID NO:153, SEQ ID NO:155, SEQ ID NO:157, SEQ ID NO:159, SEQ ID NO:161, SEQ ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:165, SEQ ID NO:179, SEQ ID NO:180, SEQ ID NO:181, SEQ ID NO:184 and/or SEQ ID NO:190), but also allelic variants of any of those nucleic acid sequences. (It should be noted that since nucleic acid sequencing technology is not entirely error-free, all sequences represented herein are at best apparent (i.e., deduced) nucleic acid or amino acid sequences.)

A preferred flea aminopeptidase gene includes nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:50, which encodes an aminopeptidase protein including SEQ ID NO:51. Another preferred flea aminopeptidase gene includes nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:112, which encodes an aminopeptidase protein including SEQ ID NO:113. Another preferred flea aminopeptidase gene includes nucleic acid sequences SEQ ID NO:169 and/or SEQ ID NO:171; the gene encodes a putative membrane-bound form of an aminopeptidase protein that includes SEQ ID NO:167, SEQ ID NO:170 and/or SEQ ID NO:172. Additional preferred aminopeptidase genes include allelic variants of SEQ ID NO:50, of SEQ ID NO:112 SEQ ID NO:169 or SEQ ID NO:171.

A preferred flea cysteine protease gene includes nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:SEQ ID NO:177, which encodes a cysteine protease protein including SEQ ID NO:178. Additional preferred cysteine protease genes include allelic variants of SEQ ID NO:177.

A preferred flea serine protease protein of the present invention is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with at least one of the following nucleic acid molecules: nfSP1, nfSP2, nfSP3, nfSP4, nfSP5, nfSP6, nfSP7, nfSP8, nfSP9, nfSP10, nfSP11, nfSP12, nfSP13, nfSP14, nfSP15, nfSP16, nfSP17, nfSP18, nfSP19, nfSP20, nfSP21, nfSP23, nfSP24, nfSP25, nfSP26, nfSP27, nfSP28, nfSP29, nfSP30, nfSP31, nfSP32, nfSP33, nfSP34, nfSP36, nfSP37, nfSP38 and nfSP39. As used herein, each of these nucleic acid molecules represent the entire coding region of a flea serine protease gene of the present invention (at least portions of which are also referred to by flea clone numbers, as described in the Examples). Nucleic acid molecules that contain partial coding regions or other parts of the corresponding gene are denoted by names that include the size of those nucleic acid molecules (e.g., nfSP4₁₅₆). Nucleic acid molecules containing apparent full length coding regions for which the size is known also are denoted by names that include the size of those nucleic acid molecules (e.g., nfSP4₆₇₂). The production, and at least partial nucleic acid sequence, of such nucleic acid molecules is disclosed in the Examples.

Particularly preferred serine protease proteins are encoded by a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with at least one of the following nucleic acid molecules: nfSP4₆₇₂, nfSP1₁₅₆, nfSP2₁₆₈, nfSP3₁₇₇, nfSP4₁₅₆, nfSP5₁₅₉, nfSP6₁₆₈, nfSP7₁₅₉, nfSP8₁₈₆, nfSP9₁₆₈, nfSP10₁₂₀, and nfSP11₁₆₂ as well as other specific nucleic acid molecules disclosed in the Examples section, such as, but not limited to, nfSP1₇₇₉, nfSP2₉₄₄, nfSP3₁₇₇, nfSP4₆₇₂, nfSP5₁₅₇, nfSP5₂₁₈, nfSP6₉₃₂, nfSP7₈₉₄, nfSP8₂₉₉, nfSP9₂₆₆, nfSP10₃₇₈, nfSP11₂₅₂, nfSP12₁₄₄, nfSP12₂₂₅, nfSP13₈₅₀, nfSP14₂₁₃, nfSP15₂₅₂, nfSP16₁₆₈, nfSP18₅₃₄, nfSP19₃₅₉, nfSP20₈₄₁, nfSP5₈₀₆, nfSP11₃₀₇, nfSP8₅₁₅, nfSP12₇₅₈, nfSP26₆₁₀, nfSP27₃₈₆, nfSP23₄₂₃, nfSP24₄₁₀, nfSP33₄₂₆, nfSP34₃₉₀, nfSP36₁₉₇, nfSP38₃₄₁, nfSP37₂₆₁, nfSP39₂₆₇ nfSP29₆₁₂, nfSP30₆₄₁, nfSP31₆₂₆, nfSP32₄₃₃, nfSP15₈₁₅, nfSP19₈₅₅, nfSP25₈₆₄, nfSP21₅₉₅, nfSP28₉₂₃ and/or nfSP33₇₇₈. Even more preferred serine protease proteins include the following amino acid sequences: SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO:25, SEQ ID NO:27, SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ ID NO:31, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:41, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:43, SEQ ID NO:44, SEQ ID NO:45, SEQ ID NO:46, SEQ ID NO:47, and/or the amino acid sequences presented in Table 2 (i.e., SEQ ID NO:53, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:61, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:69, SEQ ID NO:71, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:77, and/or SEQ ID NO:79), as well as SEQ ID NO:81, SEQ ID NO:83, SEQ ID NO:85, SEQ ID NO:87, SEQ ID NO:89, SEQ ID NO:91, SEQ ID NO:93, SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:97, SEQ ID NO:99, SEQ ID NO:101, SEQ ID NO:103, SEQ ID NO:105, SEQ ID NO:107, SEQ ID NO:109, SEQ ID NO:111, SEQ ID NO:113, SEQ ID NO:121, SEQ ID NO:123, SEQ ID NO:125, SEQ ID NO:127, SEQ ID NO:129, SEQ ID NO:131, SEQ ID NO:133, SEQ ID NO:135, SEQ ID NO:137, SEQ ID NO:139, SEQ ID NO:141, SEQ ID NO:143, SEQ ID NO:145, SEQ ID NO:147, SEQ ID NO:149, SEQ ID NO:151, SEQ ID NO:153, SEQ ID NO:155, SEQ ID NO:157, SEQ ID NO:159, SEQ ID NO:161, SEQ ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:165, SEQ ID NO:179, SEQ ID NO:180, SEQ ID NO:181, SEQ ID NO:184 and/or SEQ ID NO:190. Additional particularly preferred serine protease proteins are encoded by allelic variants of nucleic acid molecules encoding proteins that include the cited amino acid sequences. Also preferred are flea serine protease proteins including regions that have at least about 50%, preferably at least about 75%, and more preferably at least about 90% identity with flea serine protease proteins having amino acid sequences as cited herein.

One embodiment of the present invention is a flea serine protease that degrades IgG antibodies circulating in a host animal (i.e., flea IgGase). An example of a flea IgGase is presented in the Examples section.

A preferred flea aminopeptidase proteins of the present invention is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with nfAP and/or nfAP2. Particularly preferred flea aminopeptidase proteins of the present invention are encoded by a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with nucleic acid molecule nfAP₄₅₃, nfAP₁₅₈₀ and/or nfAP2₅₃₇, the production of which are described in the Examples. Even more preferred is an aminopeptidase that includes amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:113, SEQ ID NO:167, SEQ ID NO:170 and/or SEQ ID NO:172 or an aminopeptidase encoded by an allelic variant of a nucleic acid molecule that includes SEQ ID NO:50, SEQ ID NO:112, SEQ ID NO:169 and/or SEQ ID NO:171. Also preferred are flea aminopeptidase proteins including regions that have at least about 50%, preferably at least about 75%, and more preferably at least about 90% identity with SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:113, SEQ ID NO:167, SEQ ID NO:170 and/or SEQ ID NO:172.

A preferred flea cysteine protease protein of the present invention is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with nucleic acid molecule nfCP1 (a flea cysteine protease full-length coding region that includes nfCP1₅₇₃, the production of which is described in the Examples). Even more preferred is a cysteine protease that includes amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:178 or a cysteine protease encoded by an allelic variant of a nucleic acid molecule that includes SEQ ID NO:177. Also preferred is a flea cysteine protease protein including regions that have at least about 50%, preferably at least about 75%, and more preferably at least about 90% identity with SEQ ID NO:178.

One embodiment of the present invention is an isolated protein having proteolytic activity that is substantially inhibited by a serine protease inhibitor, an aminopeptidase inhibitor and/or a cysteine protease inhibitor. Such inhibition can be measured by techniques known to those skilled in the art. To be substantially inhibited means, for example, for a serine protease, that at least half of the proteolytic activity of the protease protein is inhibited by a serine protease inhibitor. Preferably at least about 70 percent, and even more preferably at least about 90 percent of the proteolytic activity of the protease protein is inhibited by a serine protease inhibitor.

An isolated protein of the present invention can be produced in a variety of ways, including recovering such a protein from a flea midgut and producing such a protein recombinantly. In one embodiment, a flea midgut protease can be recovered by methods heretofore disclosed for obtaining a soluble flea midgut preparation. A flea midgut protease protein can be further purified from a disrupted flea midgut by a number of techniques known to those skilled in the art, including, but not limited to, affinity chromatography, ion exchange chromatography, filtration, electrophoresis (e.g., standard, capillary and flow-through electrophoresis), hydrophobic interaction chromatography, gel filtration chromatography, reverse phase chromatography, concanavalin A chromatography, chromatofocusing and differential solubilization. In one embodiment, a flea midgut protease is purified using protease inhibitor affinity chromatography, an example of which is disclosed in the Examples section.

Another embodiment of the present invention is a method to produce an isolated protein of the present invention using recombinant DNA technology. Such a method includes the steps of (a) culturing a recombinant cell comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein of the present invention to produce the protein and (b) recovering the protein therefrom. Details on producing recombinant cells and culturing thereof are presented below. The phrase “recovering the protein” refers simply to collecting the whole fermentation medium containing the protein and need not imply additional steps of separation or purification. Proteins of the present invention can be purified using a variety of standard protein purification techniques, as heretofore disclosed.

Isolated proteins of the present invention are preferably retrieved in “substantially pure” form. As used herein, “substantially pure” refers to a purity that allows for the effective use of the protein as a vaccine. A vaccine for animals, for example, should exhibit no substantial toxicity and should be capable of stimulating the production of antibodies in a vaccinated animal.

Another embodiment of the present invention is an isolated nucleic acid molecule capable of hybridizing under stringent conditions with a gene encoding a flea protease present in a flea midgut. Such a nucleic acid molecule is also referred to herein as a flea protease nucleic acid molecule. Particularly preferred is an isolated nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent conditions with a flea serine protease gene, with a flea aminopeptidase gene or with a flea cysteine protease gene. The characteristics of such genes are disclosed herein. In accordance with the present invention, an isolated nucleic acid molecule is a nucleic acid molecule that has been removed from its natural milieu (i.e., that has been subject to human manipulation). As such, “isolated” does not reflect the extent to which the nucleic acid molecule has been purified. An isolated nucleic acid molecule can include DNA, RNA, or derivatives of either DNA or RNA.

As stated above, a flea protease gene includes all nucleic acid sequences related to a natural flea protease gene such as regulatory regions that control production of a flea protease protein encoded by that gene (such as, but not limited to, transcription, translation or post-translation control regions) as well as the coding region itself. A nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can be an isolated natural flea protease nucleic acid molecule or a homologue thereof. A nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can include one or more regulatory regions, full-length or partial coding regions, or combinations thereof. The minimal size of a flea protease nucleic acid molecule of the present invention is the minimal size capable of forming a stable hybrid under stringent hybridization conditions with a corresponding natural gene. Flea protease nucleic acid molecules can also include a nucleic acid molecule encoding a hybrid protein, a fusion protein, a multivalent protein or a truncation fragment.

An isolated nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can be obtained from its natural source either as an entire (i.e., complete) gene or a portion thereof capable of forming a stable hybrid with that gene. As used herein, the phrase “at least a portion of” an entity refers to an amount of the entity that is at least sufficient to have the functional aspects of that entity. For example, at least a portion of a nucleic acid sequence, as used herein, is an amount of a nucleic acid sequence capable of forming a stable hybrid with the corresponding gene under stringent hybridization conditions.

An isolated nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can also be produced using recombinant DNA technology (e.g., polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, cloning) or chemical synthesis. Isolated flea protease nucleic acid molecules include natural nucleic acid molecules and homologues thereof, including, but not limited to, natural allelic variants and modified nucleic acid molecules in which nucleotides have been inserted, deleted, substituted, and/or inverted in such a manner that such modifications do not substantially interfere with the nucleic acid molecule's ability to encode a flea protease protein of the present invention or to form stable hybrids under stringent conditions with natural nucleic acid molecule isolates.

A flea protease nucleic acid molecule homologue can be produced using a number of methods known to those skilled in the art (see, for example, Sambrook et al., ibid.). For example, nucleic acid molecules can be modified using a variety of techniques including, but not limited to, classic mutagenesis techniques and recombinant DNA techniques, such as site-directed mutagenesis, chemical treatment of a nucleic acid molecule to induce mutations, restriction enzyme cleavage of a nucleic acid fragment, ligation of nucleic acid fragments, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and/or mutagenesis of selected regions of a nucleic acid sequence, synthesis of oligonucleotide mixtures and ligation of mixture groups to “build” a mixture of nucleic acid molecules and combinations thereof. Nucleic acid molecule homologues can be selected from a mixture of modified nucleic acids by screening for the function of the protein encoded by the nucleic acid (e.g., the ability of a homologue to elicit an immune response against a flea protease and/or to have proteolytic activity) and/or by hybridization with isolated flea protease nucleic acids under stringent conditions.

An isolated flea protease nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can include a nucleic acid sequence that encodes at least one flea protease protein of the present invention, examples of such proteins being disclosed herein. Although the phrase “nucleic acid molecule” primarily refers to the physical nucleic acid molecule and the phrase “nucleic acid sequence” primarily refers to the sequence of nucleotides on the nucleic acid molecule, the two phrases can be used interchangeably, especially with respect to a nucleic acid molecule, or a nucleic acid sequence, being capable of encoding an flea protease protein.

One embodiment of the present invention is a flea protease nucleic acid molecule of the present invention that is capable of hybridizing under stringent conditions to a nucleic acid strand that encodes at least a portion of a flea protease or a homologue thereof or to the complement of such a nucleic acid strand. A nucleic acid sequence complement of any nucleic acid sequence of the present invention refers to the nucleic acid sequence of the nucleic acid strand that is complementary to (i.e., can form a complete double helix with) the strand for which the sequence is cited. It is to be noted that a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule of the present invention for which a nucleic acid sequence has been determined for one strand, that is represented by a SEQ ID NO, also comprises a complementary strand having a sequence that is a complement of that SEQ ID NO. As such, nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, which can be either double-stranded or single-stranded, include those nucleic acid molecules that form stable hybrids under stringent hybridization conditions with either a given SEQ ID NO denoted herein and/or with the complement of that SEQ ID NO, which may or may not be denoted herein. Methods to deduce a complementary sequence are known to those skilled in the art. Preferred is a flea protease nucleic acid molecule that includes a nucleic acid sequence having at least about 65 percent, preferably at least about 75 percent, more preferably at least about 85 percent, and even more preferably at least about 95 percent homology with the corresponding region(s) of the nucleic acid sequence encoding at least a portion of a flea protease protein. Particularly preferred is a flea protease nucleic acid molecule capable of encoding at least a portion of a flea protease that naturally is present in flea midguts and preferably is included in a soluble flea midgut preparation of the present invention. Examples of nucleic acid molecules of the present invention are disclosed in the Examples section.

A preferred flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule of the present invention is a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with at least one of the following nucleic acid molecules: nfSP1, nfSP2, nfSP3, nfSP4, nfSP5, nfSP6, nfSP7, nfSP8, nfSP9, nfSP10, nfSP11, nfSP12, nfSP13, nfSP14, nfSP15, nfSP16, nfSP17, nfSP18, nfSP19, nfSP20, nfSP21, nfSP23, nfSP24, nfSP25, nfSP26, nfSP27, nfSP28, nfSP29, nfSP30, nfSP31, nfSP32, nfSP33, nfSP34, nfSP36, nfSP37, nfSP38 and/or nfSP39. More preferred is a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with at least one of the following nucleic acid molecules: nfSP4₆₇₂, nfSP1₁₅₆, nfSP2₁₆₈, nfSP3₁₇₇, nfSP4₁₅₆, nfSP5₁₅₉, nfSP6₁₆₈, nfSP7₁₅₉, nfSP8₁₈₆, nfSP9₁₆₈, nfSP10₁₂₀, nfSP11₁₆₂, nfSP5₈₀₆, nfSP11₃₀₇, nfSP8₅₁₅, nfSP12₇₅₈, nfSP26₆₁₀, nfSP27₃₈₆, nfSP23₄₂₃, nfSP24₄₁₀, nfSP33₄₂₆, nfSP34₃₉₀, nfSP36₁₉₇, nfSP38₃₄₁, nfSP37₂₆₁, nfSP39₂₆₇ nfSP29₆₁₂, nfSP30₆₄₁, nfSP31₆₂₆, nfSP32₄₃₃, nfSP15₈₁₅, nfSP19₈₅₅, nfSP25₈₆₄, nfSP21₅₉₅, nfSP28₉₂₃ and/or nfSP33₇₇₈, as well as other specific nucleic acid molecules disclosed in the Examples section. Even more preferred are nucleic acid molecules that include nfSP1, nfSP2, nfSP3, nfSP4, nfSP5, nfSP6, nfSP7, nfSP8, nfSP9, nfSP10, nfSP11, nfSP12, nfSP13, nfSP14, nfSP15, nfSP16, nfSP17, nfSP18, nfSP19, nfSP20, nfSP21, nfSP23, nfSP24, nfSP25, nfSP26, nfSP27, nfSP28, nfSP29, nfSP30, nfSP31, nfSP32, nfSP33, nfSP34, nfSP36, nfSP37, nfSP38 and/or nfSP39 and even more particularly, nfSP4₆₇₂, nfSP1₁₅₆, nfSP2₁₆₈, nfSP3₁₇₇, nfSP4₁₅₆, nfSP5₁₅₉, nfSP6₁₆₈, nfSP7₁₅₉, nfSP8₁₈₆, nfSP9₁₆₈, nfSP10₁₂₀, nfSP11₁₆₂, nfSP5₈₀₆, nfSP11₃₀₇, nfSP8₅₁₅, nfSP12₇₅₈, nfSP26₆₁₀, nfSP27₃₈₆, nfSP23₄₂₃, nfSP24₄₁₀, nfSP33₄₂₆, nfSP34₃₉₀, nfSP36₁₉₇, nfSP38₃₄₁, nfSP37₂₆₁, nfSP39₂₆₇ nfSP29₆₁₂, nfSP30₆₄₁, nfSP31₆₂₆, nfSP32₄₃₃, nfSP15₈₁₅, nfSP19₈₅₅, nfSP25₈₆₄, nfSP21₅₉₅, nfSP28₉₂₃, nfSP33₇₇₈, as well as other specific nucleic acid molecules disclosed in the Examples section.

Particularly preferred flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules include at least one of the following sequences: SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:30, SEQ ID NO:32, SEQ ID NO:34, SEQ ID NO:36, SEQ ID NO:38, and/or nucleic acid sequences disclosed in Table 2 (i.e., SEQ ID NO:52, SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:66, SEQ ID NO:68, SEQ ID NO:70, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:76, SEQ ID NO:78), as well as SEQ ID NO:80, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:84, SEQ ID NO:86, SEQ ID NO:88, SEQ ID NO:90, SEQ ID NO:92, SEQ ID NO:94, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:98, SEQ ID NO:100, SEQ ID NO:102, SEQ ID NO:104, SEQ ID NO:106, SEQ ID NO:108, SEQ ID NO:110, SEQ ID NO:120, SEQ ID NO:122, SEQ ID NO:124, SEQ ID NO:126, SEQ ID NO:128, SEQ ID NO:130, SEQ ID NO:132, SEQ ID NO:134, SEQ ID NO:136, SEQ ID NO:138, SEQ ID NO:140, SEQ ID NO:142, SEQ ID NO:144, SEQ ID NO:146, SEQ ID NO:148, SEQ ID NO:150, SEQ ID NO:152, SEQ ID NO:154, SEQ ID NO:156, SEQ ID NO:158, SEQ ID NO:160, SEQ ID NO:162, SEQ ID NO:164 and/or SEQ ID NO:189, and complements thereof. Also preferred are allelic variants of such nucleic acid molecules.

A preferred flea aminopeptidase nucleic acid molecule of the present invention is a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with nfAP and/or nfAP2. A more preferred flea aminopeptidase nucleic acid molecule of the present invention is a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with nfAP₄₅₃, nfAP₉₀₀, nfAP₇₃₂, nfAP₁₅₈₀, nfAP2₃₈₃ and/or nfAP2_(537.) More preferred is an aminopeptidase nucleic acid molecule that includes nfAP₄₅₃, nfAP₉₀₀, nfAP₇₃₂, nfAP₁₅₈₀, nfAP2₃₈₃ and/or nfAP2₅₃₇. Particularly preferred is a nucleic acid molecule that includes nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:50, SEQ ID NO:112, SEQ ID NO:169 and/or SEQ ID NO:171, a complement of any of such sequences, or allelic variants thereof.

A preferred flea cysteine protease nucleic acid molecule of the present invention is a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with nfCP1₅ More preferred is a cysteine protease nucleic acid molecule that includes nfCP1₅₇₃. Particularly preferred is a nucleic acid molecule that includes nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:177, a complement of SEQ ID NO:177, or allelic variants of such nucleic acid molecule.

Knowing a nucleic acid molecule of a flea protease protein of the present invention allows one skilled in the art to make copies of that nucleic acid molecule as well as to obtain a nucleic acid molecule including additional portions of flea protease protein-encoding genes (e.g., nucleic acid molecules that include the translation start site and/or transcription and/or translation control regions), and/or flea protease nucleic acid molecule homologues. Knowing a portion of an amino acid sequence of a flea protease protein of the present invention allows one skilled in the art to clone nucleic acid sequences encoding such a flea protease protein. In addition, a desired flea protease nucleic acid molecule can be obtained in a variety of ways including screening appropriate expression libraries with antibodies which bind to flea protease proteins of the present invention; traditional cloning techniques using oligonucleotide probes of the present invention to screen appropriate libraries or DNA; and PCR amplification of appropriate libraries, or RNA or DNA using oligonucleotide primers of the present invention (genomic and/or cDNA libraries can be used). To isolate flea protease nucleic acid molecules, preferred cDNA libraries include cDNA libraries made from unfed whole fleas, fed whole fleas, fed flea midguts, unfed flea midguts, and flea salivary glands. Techniques to clone and amplify genes are disclosed, for example, in Sambrook et al., ibid. The Examples section includes examples of the isolation of cDNA sequences encoding flea protease proteins of the present invention.

The present invention also includes nucleic acid molecules that are oligonucleotides capable of hybridizing, under stringent conditions, with complementary regions of other, preferably longer, nucleic acid molecules of the present invention that encode at least a portion of a flea protease protein. Oligonucleotides of the present invention can be RNA, DNA, or derivatives of either. The minimal size of such oligonucleotides is the size required to form a stable hybrid between a given oligonucleotide and the complementary sequence on another nucleic acid molecule of the present invention. Minimal size characteristics are disclosed herein. The size of the oligonucleotide must also be sufficient for the use of the oligonucleotide in accordance with the present invention. Oligonucleotides of the present invention can be used in a variety of applications including, but not limited to, as probes to identify additional nucleic acid molecules, as primers to amplify or extend nucleic acid molecules or in therapeutic applications to inhibit flea protease production. Such therapeutic applications include the use of such oligonucleotides in, for example, antisense-, triplex formation-, ribozyme- and/or RNA drug-based technologies. The present invention, therefore, includes such oligonucleotides and methods to interfere with the production of flea protease proteins by use of one or more of such technologies.

The present invention also includes a recombinant vector, which includes a flea protease nucleic acid molecule of the present invention inserted into any vector capable of delivering the nucleic acid molecule into a host cell. Such a vector contains heterologous nucleic acid sequences, that is nucleic acid sequences that are not naturally found adjacent to flea protease nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. The vector can be either RNA or DNA, either prokaryotic or eukaryotic, and typically is a virus or a plasmid. Recombinant vectors can be used in the cloning, sequencing, and/or otherwise manipulating of flea protease nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. One type of recombinant vector, herein referred to as a recombinant molecule and described in more detail below, can be used in the expression of nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. Preferred recombinant vectors are capable of replicating in the transformed cell. Preferred nucleic acid molecules to include in recombinant vectors of the present invention are disclosed herein.

As heretofore disclosed, one embodiment of the present invention is a method to produce a flea protease protein of the present invention by culturing a cell capable of expressing the protein under conditions effective to produce the protein, and recovering the protein. A preferred cell to culture is a recombinant cell that is capable of expressing the flea protease protein, the recombinant cell being produced by transforming a host cell with one or more nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. Transformation of a nucleic acid molecule into a cell can be accomplished by any method by which a nucleic acid molecule can be inserted into the cell. Transformation techniques include, but are not limited to, transfection, electroporation, microinjection, lipofection, adsorption, and protoplast fusion. A recombinant cell may remain unicellular or may grow into a tissue, organ or a multicellular organism. Transformed nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can remain extrachromosomal or can integrate into one or more sites within a chromosome of the transformed (i.e., recombinant) cell in such a manner that their ability to be expressed is retained. Preferred nucleic acid molecules with which to transform a host cell are disclosed herein.

Suitable host cells to transform include any cell that can be transformed and that can express the introduced flea protease protein. Such cells are, therefore, capable of producing flea protease proteins of the present invention after being transformed with at least one nucleic acid molecule of the present invention. Host cells can be either untransformed cells or cells that are already transformed with at least one nucleic acid molecule. Suitable host cells of the present invention can include bacterial, fungal (including yeast), insect, animal and plant cells. Preferred host cells include bacterial, yeast, insect and mammalian cells, with bacterial (e.g., E. coli) and insect (e.g., Spodoptera) cells being particularly preferred.

A recombinant cell is preferably produced by transforming a host cell with one or more recombinant molecules, each comprising one or more nucleic acid molecules of the present invention operatively linked to an expression vector containing one or more transcription control sequences. The phrase operatively linked refers to insertion of a nucleic acid molecule into an expression vector in a manner such that the molecule is able to be expressed when transformed into a host cell. As used herein, an expression vector is a DNA or RNA vector that is capable of transforming a host cell and of effecting expression of a specified nucleic acid molecule. Preferably, the expression vector is also capable of replicating within the host cell. Expression vectors can be either prokaryotic or eukaryotic, and are typically viruses or plasmids. Expression vectors of the present invention include any vectors that function (i.e., direct gene expression) in recombinant cells of the present invention, including in bacterial, fungal, insect, animal, and/or plant cells. As such, nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can be operatively linked to expression vectors containing regulatory sequences such as promoters, operators, repressors, enhancers, termination sequences, origins of replication, and other regulatory sequences that are compatible with the recombinant cell and that control the expression of nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. As used herein, a transcription control sequence includes a sequence which is capable of controlling the initiation, elongation, and termination of transcription. Particularly important transcription control sequences are those which control transcription initiation, such as promoter, enhancer, operator and repressor sequences. Suitable transcription control sequences include any transcription control sequence that can function in at least one of the recombinant cells of the present invention. A variety of such transcription control sequences are known to those skilled in the art. Preferred transcription control sequences include those which function in bacterial, yeast, helminth, insect and mammalian cells, such as, but not limited to, tac, lac, trp, trc, oxy-pro, omp/lpp, rrnB, bacteriophage lambda (λ) (such as λp_(L) and λp_(R) and fusions that include such promoters), bacteriophage T7, T71ac, bacteriophage T3, bacteriophage SP6, bacteriophage SP01, metallothionein, alpha mating factor, Pichia alcohol oxidase, alphavirus subgenomic promoters (such as Sindbis virus subgenomic promoters), baculovirus, Heliothis zea insect virus, vaccinia virus, herpesvirus, poxvirus, adenovirus, simian virus 40, retrovirus actin, retroviral long terminal repeat, Rous sarcoma virus, heat shock, phosphate and nitrate transcription control sequences as well as other sequences capable of controlling gene expression in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells. Additional suitable transcription control sequences include tissue-specific promoters and enhancers as well as lymphokine-inducible promoters (e.g., promoters inducible by interferons or interleukins). Transcription control sequences of the present invention can also include naturally occurring transcription control sequences naturally associated with a DNA sequence encoding a flea protease protein.

Expression vectors of the present invention may also contain secretory signals (i.e., signal segment nucleic acid sequences) to enable an expressed flea protease protein to be secreted from the cell that produces the protein. Suitable signal segments include a flea protease protein signal segment or any heterologous signal segment capable of directing the secretion of a flea protease protein, including fusion proteins, of the present invention. Preferred signal segments include, but are not limited to, flea protease, tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), interferon, interleukin, growth hormone, histocompatibility and viral envelope glycoprotein signal segments.

Expression vectors of the present invention may also contain fusion sequences which lead to the expression of inserted nucleic acid molecules of the present invention as fusion proteins. Inclusion of a fusion sequence as part of a flea protease nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can enhance the stability during production, storage and/or use of the protein encoded by the nucleic acid molecule. Furthermore, a fusion segment can function as a tool to simplify purification of a flea protease protein, such as to enable purification of the resultant fusion protein using affinity chromatography. A suitable fusion segment can be a domain of any size that has the desired function (e.g., increased stability and/or purification tool). It is within the scope of the present invention to use one or more fusion segments. Fusion segments can be joined to amino and/or carboxyl termini of a flea protease protein. Linkages between fusion segments and flea protease proteins can be constructed to be susceptible to cleavage to enable straight-forward recovery of the flea protease proteins. Fusion proteins are preferably produced by culturing a recombinant cell transformed with a fusion nucleic acid sequence that encodes a protein including the fusion segment attached to either the carboxyl and/or amino terminal end of a flea protease protein.

A recombinant molecule of the present invention is a molecule that can include at least one of any nucleic acid molecule heretofore described operatively linked to at least one of any transcription control sequence capable of effectively regulating expression of the nucleic acid molecule(s) in the cell to be transformed. A preferred recombinant molecule includes one or more nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, with those that encode one or more flea protease proteins, and particularly one or more flea serine protease, aminopeptidase and/or cysteine protease proteins, being more preferred. Similarly, a preferred recombinant cell includes one or more nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, with those that encode one or more flea protease proteins, and particularly one or more flea serine protease, aminopeptidase, and/or cysteine protease proteins, being more preferred.

It may be appreciated by one skilled in the art that use of recombinant DNA technologies can improve expression of transformed nucleic acid molecules by manipulating, for example, the number of copies of the nucleic acid molecules within a host cell, the efficiency with which those nucleic acid molecules are transcribed, the efficiency with which the resultant transcripts are translated, and the efficiency of post-translational modifications. Recombinant techniques useful for increasing the expression of nucleic acid molecules of the present invention include, but are not limited to, operatively linking nucleic acid molecules to high-copy number plasmids, integration of the nucleic acid molecules into one or more host cell chromosomes, addition of vector stability sequences to plasmids, substitutions or modifications of transcription control signals (e.g., promoters, operators, enhancers), substitutions or modifications of translational control signals (e.g., ribosome binding sites, Shine-Dalgarno sequences), modification of nucleic acid molecules of the present invention to correspond to the codon usage of the host cell, deletion of sequences that destabilize transcripts, and use of control signals that temporally separate recombinant cell growth from recombinant protein production during fermentation. The activity of an expressed recombinant protein of the present invention may be improved by fragmenting, modifying, or derivatizing the resultant protein.

In accordance with the present invention, recombinant cells can be used to produce flea protease proteins of the present invention by culturing such cells under conditions effective to produce such a protein, and recovering the protein. Effective conditions to produce a protein include, but are not limited to, appropriate media, bioreactor, temperature, pH and oxygen conditions that permit protein production. An appropriate, or effective, medium refers to any medium in which a cell of the present invention, when cultured, is capable of producing a flea protease protein. Such a medium is typically an aqueous medium comprising assimilable carbohydrate, nitrogen and phosphate sources, as well as appropriate salts, minerals, metals and other nutrients, such as vitamins. The medium may comprise complex nutrients or may be a defined minimal medium.

Cells of the present invention can be cultured in conventional fermentation bioreactors, which include, but are not limited to, batch, fed-batch, cell recycle, and continuous fermentors. Culturing can also be conducted in shake flasks, test tubes, microtiter dishes, and petri plates. Culturing is carried out at a temperature, pH and oxygen content appropriate for the recombinant cell. Such culturing conditions are well within the expertise of one of ordinary skill in the art.

Depending on the vector and host system used for production, resultant flea protease proteins may either remain within the recombinant cell; be secreted into the fermentation medium; be secreted into a space between two cellular membranes, such as the periplasmic space in E. coli; or be retained on the outer surface of a cell or viral membrane. Methods to purify such proteins are heretofore disclosed.

The present invention also includes isolated anti-flea protease antibodies and their use to reduce flea infestation on a host animal as well as in the environment of the animal. An anti-flea protease antibody is an antibody capable of selectively binding to a protease present in a flea midgut, including female and male fed midguts as well as female and male unfed midguts. An anti-flea protease antibody preferably binds to the protease in such a way as to reduce the proteolytic activity of that protease.

Isolated antibodies are antibodies that have been removed from their natural milieu. The term “isolated” does not refer to the state of purity of such antibodies. As such, isolated antibodies can include anti-sera containing such antibodies, or antibodies that have been purified to varying degrees. As used herein, the term “selectively binds to” refers to the ability of such antibodies to preferentially bind to the protease against which the antibody was raised (i.e., to be able to distinguish that protease from unrelated components in a mixture.). Binding affinities typically range from about 10³ M⁻¹ to about 10¹² M⁻¹. Binding can be measured using a variety of methods known to those skilled in the art including immunoblot assays, immunoprecipitation assays, radioimmunoassays, enzyme immunoassays (e.g., ELISA), immunofluorescent antibody assays and immunoelectron microscopy; see, for example, Sambrook et al., ibid.

Antibodies of the present invention can be either polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies. Antibodies of the present invention include functional equivalents such as antibody fragments and genetically-engineered antibodies, including single chain antibodies, that are capable of selectively binding to at least one of the epitopes of the protein used to obtain the antibodies. Antibodies of the present invention also include chimeric antibodies that can bind to more than one epitope. Preferred antibodies are raised in response to proteins that are encoded, at least in part, by a flea protease nucleic acid molecule of the present invention.

Anti-flea antibodies of the present invention include antibodies raised in an animal administered a flea protease vaccine of the present invention that exert their effect when fleas feed from the vaccinated animal's blood containing such antibodies. Anti-flea antibodies of the present invention also include antibodies raised in an animal against one or more flea protease proteins, or soluble flea midgut preparations, of the present invention that are then recovered from the animal using techniques known to those skilled in the art. Yet additional antibodies of the present invention are produced recombinantly using techniques as heretofore disclosed for flea protease proteins of the present invention. Antibodies produced against defined proteins can be advantageous because such antibodies are not substantially contaminated with antibodies against other substances that might otherwise cause interference in a diagnostic assay or side effects if used in a therapeutic composition.

Anti-flea protease antibodies of the present invention have a variety of uses that are within the scope of the present invention. For example, such antibodies can be used in a composition of the present invention to passively immunize an animal in order to protect the animal from flea infestation. Anti-flea antibodies can also be used as tools to screen expression libraries and/or to recover desired proteins of the present invention from a mixture of proteins and other contaminants. Furthermore, antibodies of the present invention can be used to target cytotoxic agents to fleas in order to kill fleas. Targeting can be accomplished by conjugating (i.e., stably joining) such antibodies to the cytotoxic agents using techniques known to those skilled in the art.

A preferred anti-flea protease antibody of the present invention can selectively bind to, and preferentially reduce the proteolytic activity of, a flea serine protease, a flea metalloprotease, a flea aspartic acid protease and/or a flea cysteine protease. More preferred anti-flea protease antibodies include anti-flea serine protease antibodies, anti-flea metalloprotease antibodies, anti-flea aminopeptidase antibodies, and anti-flea cysteine protease antibodies. Particularly preferred are anti-flea serine protease antibodies, anti-flea aminopeptidase antibodies, and anti-flea cysteine protease antibodies, including those raised against flea serine protease proteins, flea aminopeptidase proteins or cysteine protease proteins of the present invention.

The present invention also includes the use of protease inhibitors that reduce proteolytic activity of flea proteases to reduce flea infestation of animals and the surrounding environment. As used herein, protease inhibitors are compounds that interact directly with a protease thereby inhibiting that protease's activity, usually by binding to or otherwise interacting with the protease's active site. Protease inhibitors are usually relatively small compounds and as such differ from anti-protease antibodies that interact with the active site of a protease.

Protease inhibitors can be used directly as compounds in compositions of the present invention to treat animals as long as such compounds are not harmful to the animals being treated. Protease inhibitors can also be used to identify preferred types of flea proteases to target using compositions of the present invention. For example, the inventors have shown herein the predominance of serine proteases in flea midguts, particularly in soluble flea midgut preparations, using protease inhibitors. Such knowledge suggests that effective reduction of flea infestation of an animal can be achieved using serine protease vaccines, anti-flea serine protease antibodies and other inhibitors of serine protease synthesis and activity that can be tolerated by the animal. For example, flea IgGase activity disclosed herein can be targeted to reduce flea infestation. That other proteases are also present in flea midguts according to the present invention also suggests targeting such proteases. Methods to use protease inhibitors are known to those skilled in the art; examples of such methods are disclosed herein.

In one embodiment, a protease inhibitor that can be used in a composition of the present invention to treat an animal is identified by a method including the following steps: (a) identifying candidate (i.e., putative, possible) inhibitor compounds by testing the efficacy of one or more protease inhibitors (i) in vitro for their ability to inhibit flea protease activity and/or (ii) in a flea feeding assay for their ability to reduce the survival and/or fecundity of fleas by adding the inhibitors to the blood meal of a flea being maintained, for example, in a feeding system, such as that described by Wade et al., 1988, J.Med Entomol. 25, 186-190; and (b) testing the efficacy of the candidate inhibitor compounds in animals infested with fleas. Although one does not need both in vitro assay data and flea feeding assay data to determine which candidate compounds to administer to animals, evaluation of both sets of data is preferred since data from neither of the assays necessarily predicts data to be obtained from the other assay. For example, candidate compounds identified using the in vitro assay may work “in the test tube” but may not work in vivo for a number of reasons, including the presence of interfering components in the blood meal that inhibit the activity of such compounds; e.g., although aprotinin can inhibit at least some flea serine proteases in vitro, aprotinin does not work well in the presence of serum proteins, such as are found in the blood. Furthermore, candidate inhibitor compounds identified by the flea feeding assays can include not only desired compounds but also compounds that reduce the viability and/or fecundity of fleas due to general toxicity (e.g., affecting the mitochondria of fleas).

In another embodiment, protease inhibitors are used in the purification of corresponding proteases by, for example, affinity chromatography, in which, a protease inhibitor is incubated with a mixture containing a desired protease under conditions that the inhibitor forms a complex with the protease. The protease can then be recovered from the complex. The protease inhibitor can be attached to a solid support and/or be labelled with, for example, a radioactive, fluorescent, or enzymatic tag that can be used to detect and/or recover the complex.

Suitable protease inhibitors to use in accordance with the present invention include serine protease inhibitors (including IgGase inhibitors), metalloprotease inhibitors, aspartic acid protease inhibitors, cysteine protease inhibitors and aminopeptidase inhibitors. Preferred protease inhibitors include serine protease inhibitors, metalloprotease inhibitors, aminopeptidase inhibitors and cysteine protease inhibitors, particularly those that are broad spectrum inhibitors. More preferred are broad spectrum serine protease inhibitors.

There is a wide variety of protease inhibitors, as is known to one skilled in the art. Examples include, but are not limited to, AEBSF, aprotinin, bestatin, chloromethyl ketones TLCK (Nα-p-tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone) and TPCK (N-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone), chymostatin, cystatin, 3′4-dichloroisocoumarin, E-64 (trans-epoxysuccinyl-L-leucylamido-(4-guanidino)butane), EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid), leupeptin, methyl ketones having a variety of leaving groups, oxidized L-leucinethiol, pepstatin, 1,10-orthophenanthroline, phosphoramidon, soybean trypsin/chymotrypsin inhibitor and soybean trypsin inhibitor. Preferred protease inhibitors for use in the present invention include AEBSF, bestatin, E-64 leupeptin, pepstatin, 1,10-orthophenanthroline, phosphoramidon, TLCK and TPCK, with AEBSF (a broad spectrum serine protease inhibitor), bestatin (an inhibitor of leucine aminopeptidase) and 1,10-orthophenanthroline (a broad spectrum metalloprotease inhibitor) being particularly preferred.

Protease inhibitors can be produced using methods known to those skilled in the art. Protein- or peptide-based protease inhibitors, such as cystatin or small peptides comprising a protease substrate, can be produced recombinantly and modified as necessary.

The present invention also includes the use of proteolytically active flea protease proteins of the present invention to identify additional protease inhibitors, and preferably protease inhibitor compounds that can be included in a composition of the present invention to be administered to animals. A method to identify a flea protease inhibitor includes the steps of (a) contacting (e.g., combining, mixing) an isolated flea protease protein with a putative (i.e., candidate) inhibitory compound under conditions in which, in the absence of the compound, the protein has proteolytic activity, and (b) determining if the putative inhibitory compound inhibits the proteolytic activity of the protein. Putative inhibitory compounds to screen include organic molecules, antibodies (including functional equivalents thereof) and substrate analogs. Methods to determine protease activity are known to those skilled in the art, as heretofore disclosed. Particularly preferred for use in identifying inhibitors are flea serine protease proteins, flea aminopeptidase proteins and flea cysteine protease proteins of the present invention.

The present invention also includes a test kit to identify a compound capable of inhibiting flea protease activity. Such a test kit includes an isolated flea protease protein having proteolytic activity and a means for determining the extent of inhibition of proteolytic activity in the presence of (i.e., effected by) a putative inhibitory compound.

The present invention also includes inhibitors isolated by such a method, and/or test kit, and their use to inhibit any flea protease that is susceptible to such an inhibitor.

It is to be appreciated that the present invention also includes mimetopes of compounds of the present invention that can be used in accordance with methods as disclosed for compounds of the present invention. As used herein, a mimetope of a proteinaceous compound of the present invention (e.g., a flea protease protein, an anti-flea protease antibody, a proteinaceous inhibitor of protease activity or synthesis) refers to any compound that is able to mimic the activity of that proteinaceous compound, often because the mimetope has a structure that mimics the proteinaceous compound. For example, a mimetope of a flea protease protein is a compound that has an activity similar to that of an isolated flea protease protein of the present invention. Mimetopes can be, but are not limited to: peptides that have been modified to decrease their susceptibility to degradation; anti-idiotypic and/or catalytic antibodies, or fragments thereof; non-proteinaceous immunogenic portions of an isolated protein (e.g., carbohydrate structures); and synthetic or natural organic molecules, including nucleic acids. Such mimetopes can be designed using computer-generated structures of proteins of the present invention. Mimetopes can also be obtained by generating random samples of molecules, such as oligonucleotides, peptides or other organic molecules, and screening such samples by affinity chromatography techniques using the corresponding binding partner.

The present invention includes therapeutic compositions, also referred to herein as compositions, that include a (i.e., at least one) compound of the present invention. Preferred compounds to include in a composition of the present invention include flea protease vaccines, anti-flea protease antibodies and/or protease inhibitors as disclosed herein. Such a therapeutic composition can protect an animal from flea infestation by reducing flea protease activity, thereby reducing flea burden on the animal and in the environment of the animal.

Particularly preferred therapeutic compositions of the present invention include at least one of the following compounds: an isolated flea serine protease protein or a mimetope thereof; an isolated flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with a flea serine protease gene; an isolated antibody that selectively binds to a flea serine protease protein; an inhibitor of flea serine protease activity identified by its ability to inhibit flea serine protease activity; an isolated flea aminopeptidase protein or a mimetope thereof; an isolated flea aminopeptidase nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with a flea aminopeptidase gene; an isolated antibody that selectively binds to a flea aminopeptidase protein; an inhibitor of flea aminopeptidase activity identified by its ability to inhibit flea aminopeptidase activity; an isolated flea cysteine protease protein or a mimetope thereof; an isolated flea cysteine protease nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions with a flea cysteine protease gene; an isolated antibody that selectively binds to a flea cysteine protease protein; and an inhibitor of flea cysteine protease activity identified by its ability to inhibit flea cysteine protease activity.

Another embodiment of the present invention is a therapeutic composition that includes a first compound that reduces flea protease activity and a second compound that reduces flea burden by a method other than by reducing flea protease activity. The present invention also includes a method to protect an animal from flea infestation by administering to the animal such a composition. The first compound of such a composition by effectively reducing flea protease activity in the midgut, enhances the activity of the second compound. While not being bound by theory, it is believed that a number of anti-flea treatments, particularly those that are proteinaceous, are not very effective because they are degraded in the flea midgut. The present invention permits the effective use of such anti-flea treatments by reducing proteolytic degradation of such treatments by the flea midgut.

Preferred first compounds to include in such a composition include flea protease vaccines, anti-flea protease antibodies and/or protease inhibitors as disclosed herein, such compounds that target flea IgGase activity.

Suitable second compounds include any anti-flea agent(s), including, but not limited to, proteinaceous compounds, insecticides and flea collars. Preferred second compounds are proteinaceous compounds that effect active immunization (e.g., antigen vaccines), passive immunization (e.g., antibodies), or that otherwise inhibit a flea activity that when inhibited can reduce flea burden on and around an animal. Examples of second compounds include a compound that inhibits binding between a flea membrane protein and its ligand (e.g., a compound that inhibits flea ATPase activity or a compound that inhibits binding of a peptide or steroid hormone to its receptor), a compound that inhibits hormone (including peptide or steroid hormones) synthesis, a compound that inhibits vitellogenesis (including production of vitellin and transport and maturation thereof into a major egg yolk protein), a compound that inhibits fat body function, a compound that inhibits flea muscle action, a compound that inhibits the flea nervous system, a compound that inhibits the flea immune system and/or a compound that inhibits flea feeding.

Compositions of the present invention can also include other components such as a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, an adjuvant, and/or a carrier. For example, compositions of the present invention can be formulated in an excipient that the animal to be treated can tolerate.

Examples of such excipients include water, saline, Ringer's solution, dextrose solution, Hank's solution, and other aqueous physiologically balanced salt solutions. Nonaqueous vehicles, such as fixed oils, sesame oil, ethyl oleate, or triglycerides may also be used. Other useful formulations include suspensions containing viscosity enhancing agents, such as sodium carboxymethylcellulose, sorbitol, or dextran. Excipients can also contain minor amounts of additives, such as substances that enhance isotonicity and chemical stability. Examples of buffers include phosphate buffer, bicarbonate buffer and Tris buffer, while examples of preservatives include thimerosal, m- or o-cresol, formalin and benzyl alcohol. Standard formulations can either be liquid injectables or solids which can be taken up in a suitable liquid as a suspension or solution for injection. Thus, in a non-liquid formulation, the excipient can comprise dextrose, human serum albumin, preservatives, etc., to which sterile water or saline can be added prior to administration.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the composition can also include an immunopotentiator, such as an adjuvant or a carrier. Adjuvants are typically substances that generally enhance the immune response of an animal to a specific antigen. Suitable adjuvants include, but are not limited to, Freund's adjuvant; other bacterial cell wall components; aluminum-based salts; calcium-based salts; silica; polynucleotides; toxoids; serum proteins; viral coat proteins; other bacterial-derived preparations; gamma interferon; block copolymer adjuvants, such as Hunter's Titermax adjuvant (Vaxcel™, Inc. Norcross, Ga.); Ribi adjuvants (available from Ribi ImmunoChem Research, Inc., Hamilton, Mont.); and saponins and their derivatives, such as Quil A (available from Superfos Biosector A/S, Denmark). Carriers are typically compounds that increase the half-life of a therapeutic composition in the treated animal. Suitable carriers include, but are not limited to, polymeric controlled release formulations, biodegradable implants, liposomes, bacteria, viruses, oils, esters, and glycols.

One embodiment of the present invention is a controlled release formulation that is capable of slowly releasing a composition of the present invention into an animal. As used herein a controlled release formulation comprises a composition of the present invention in a controlled release vehicle. Suitable controlled release vehicles include, but are not limited to, biocompatible polymers, other polymeric matrices, capsules, microcapsules, microparticles, bolus preparations, osmotic pumps, diffusion devices, liposomes, lipospheres, and transdermal delivery systems. Other controlled release formulations of the present invention include liquids that, upon administration to an animal, form a solid or a gel in situ. Preferred controlled release formulations are biodegradable (i.e., bioerodible).

A preferred controlled release formulation of the present invention is capable of releasing a composition of the present invention into the blood of the treated animal at a constant rate sufficient to attain therapeutic dose levels of the composition to reduce protease activity in fleas feeding from the animal over a period of time ranging from about 1 to about 12 months. A controlled release formulation of the present invention is capable of effecting a treatment for preferably at least about 1 month, more preferably at least about 3 months and even more preferably for at least about 6 months, even more preferably for at least about 9 months, and even more preferably for at least about 12 months.

In order to protect an animal from flea infestation, a therapeutic composition of the present invention is administered to the animal in an effective manner such that the protease activity of fleas feeding from the blood stream of animals treated with the composition is reduced. As such, a treated animal is an animal that is competent to reduce the flea burden by reducing flea protease activity, or by reducing flea protease activity and at least one other flea activity. Preferably, the protease activity is reduced by at least about 50 percent, more preferably by at least about 70 percent and even more preferably by at least about 90 percent. Methods to administer compositions to the animal in order to render the animal competent depend on the nature of the composition and administration regime. Animals administered a protease vaccine with at least one booster shot usually become competent at about the same time as would be expected for any vaccine treatment. For example, animals administered a booster dose about 4 to 6 weeks after a primary dose usually become competent within another about 3 to 4 weeks. Animals administered a composition including an anti-flea protease antibody or protease inhibitor become competent as soon as appropriate serum levels of the compound are achieved, usually with one to three days.

In a preferred embodiment, a composition of the present invention when administered to a host animal is able to reduce flea viability by at least about 50 percent within at least about 21 days after the fleas begin feeding from the treated animal. (Note that fleas usually live about 40 days to about 50 days on one or more animals.) A more preferred composition when administered to a host animal is able to reduce flea viability by at least about 65 percent within at least about 14 days after the fleas begin feeding from the treated animal. An even more preferred composition when administered to an animal is able to reduce flea viability by at least about 90 percent within at least about 7 days after the fleas begin feeding from the treated animal.

In another preferred embodiment, a composition of the present invention when administered to a host animal is able to reduce flea fecundity (i.e., egg laying ability) by at least about 50 percent, more preferably by at least about 70 percent, and even more preferably by at least about 90 percent, within at least about 30 days after the fleas begin feeding from the treated animal. (Note that fleas usually do not begin laying eggs until about 7 days after taking a blood meal.)

In accordance with the present invention, compositions are administered to an animal in a manner such that the animal becomes competent to reduce flea protease activity in a flea that feeds from the competent; i.e., the animal becomes a treated animal. For example, a flea protease vaccine of the present invention, when administered to an animal in an effective manner, is able to elicit (i.e., stimulate) an immune response that produces an antibody titer in the blood stream of the animal sufficient to reduce flea protease activity. Similarly, an anti-flea protease antibody of the present invention, when administered to an animal in an effective manner, is administered in an amount so as to be present in the animal's blood stream at a titer that is sufficient to reduce flea protease activity. A protease inhibitor compound of the present invention, when administered to an animal in an effective manner, is administered in a manner so as to be present in the animal's blood stream at a concentration that is sufficient to reduce flea protease activity. Oligonucleotide nucleic acid molecules of the present invention can also be administered in an effective manner, thereby reducing expression of flea proteases.

Compositions of the present invention can be administered to animals prior to or during flea infestation. It is to be noted that when vaccines of the present invention are administered to an animal, a time period is required for the animal to elicit an immune response before the animal is competent to inhibit protease activity of fleas feeding from that animal. Methods to obtain an immune response in an animal are known to those skilled in the art.

Acceptable protocols to administer compositions in an effective manner include individual dose size, number of doses, frequency of dose administration, and mode of administration. Determination of such protocols can be accomplished by those skilled in the art. A suitable single dose is a dose that is capable of protecting an animal from flea infestation when administered one or more times over a suitable time period. For example, a preferred single dose of a protease vaccine or a mimetope thereof ranges from about 1 microgram (μg, also denoted ug) to about 10 milligrams (mg) of the composition per kilogram body weight of the animal. Booster vaccinations can be administered from about 2 weeks to several years after the original administration. Booster vaccinations preferably are administered when the immune response of the animal becomes insufficient to protect the animal from flea infestation. A preferred administration schedule is one in which from about 10 μg to about 1 mg of the vaccine per kg body weight of the animal is administered from about one to about two times over a time period of from about 2 weeks to about 12 months. In one embodiment, a booster dose of a composition of the present invention is administered about 4 to 6 weeks after the primary dose, and additional boosters are administered about once or twice a year. Modes of administration can include, but are not limited to, oral, nasal, topical, transdermal, rectal, and parenteral routes. Parenteral routes can include, but are not limited to subcutaneous, intradermal, intravenous, and intramuscular routes.

In another embodiment, a preferred single dose of an anti-flea protease antibody composition or a mimetope thereof ranges from about 1 μg to about 10 mg of the composition per kilogram body weight of the animal. Anti-flea antibodies can be re-administered from about 1 hour to about biweekly for several weeks following the original administration. Booster treatments preferably are administered when the titer of antibodies of the animal becomes insufficient to protect the animal from flea infestation. A preferred administration schedule is one in which from about 10 μg to about 1 mg of an anti-flea protease antibody composition per kg body weight of the animal is administered about every 2 to every 4 weeks. Suitable modes of administration are as disclosed herein and are known to those skilled in the art.

According to one embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention can be administered to an animal in a fashion to enable expression of that nucleic acid molecule into a protective protein (e.g., flea protease vaccine, anti-flea protease antibody, or proteinaceous protease inhibitor) or protective RNA (e.g., antisense RNA, ribozyme or RNA drug) in the animal to be protected from disease. Nucleic acid molecules can be delivered to an animal in a variety of methods including, but not limited to, (a) direct injection (e.g., as “naked” DNA or RNA molecules, such as is taught, for example in Wolff et al., 1990, Science 247, 1465-1468) or (b) packaged as a recombinant virus particle vaccine or as a recombinant cell vaccine (i.e., delivered to a cell by a vehicle selected from the group consisting of a recombinant virus particle vaccine and a recombinant cell vaccine).

A recombinant virus particle vaccine of the present invention includes a recombinant molecule of the present invention that is packaged in a viral coat and that can be expressed in an animal after administration. Preferably, the recombinant molecule is packaging-deficient. A number of recombinant virus particles can be used, including, but not limited to, those based on alphaviruses, poxviruses, adenoviruses, herpesviruses, and retroviruses.

When administered to an animal, a recombinant virus particle vaccine of the present invention infects cells within the immunized animal and directs the production of a protective protein or RNA nucleic acid molecule that is capable of protecting the animal from disease caused by a parasite of the present invention. A preferred single dose of a recombinant virus particle vaccine of the present invention is from about 1×10⁴ to about 1×10⁷ virus plaque forming units (pfu) per kilogram body weight of the animal. Administration protocols are similar to those described herein for protein-based vaccines.

A recombinant cell vaccine of the present invention includes recombinant cells of the present invention that express at least one protein of the present invention. Preferred recombinant cells include Salmonella, E. coli, Mycobacterium, S. frugiperda, baby hamster kidney, myoblast G8, COS, MDCK and CRFK recombinant cells, with Salmonella recombinant cells being more preferred. Such recombinant cells can be administered in a variety of ways but have the advantage that they can be administered orally, preferably at doses ranging from about 10⁸ to about 10¹² bacteria per kilogram body weight. Administration protocols are similar to those described herein for protein-based vaccines. Recombinant cell vaccines can comprise whole cells or cell lysates.

Compositions of the present invention can be administered to any animal susceptible to flea infestation, including warm-blooded animals. Preferred animals to treat include mammals and birds, with cats, dogs, humans, cattle, chinchillas, ferrets, goats, mice, minks, rabbits, raccoons, rats, sheep, squirrels, swine, chickens, ostriches, quail and turkeys as well as other furry animals, pets and/or economic food animals, being more preferred. Particularly preferred animals to protect are cats and dogs.

The present invention includes compositions to treat flea infestation by any flea. As such, compositions of the present invention can be derived from any flea species. Preferred fleas to target include fleas of the following genera: Ctenocephalides, Cyopsyllus, Diamanus (Oropsylla), Echidnophaga, Nosopsyllus, Pulex, Tunga, and Xenopsylla, with those of the species Ctenocephalides canis, Ctenocephalides felis, Diamanus montanus, Echidnophaga gallinacea, Nosopsyllus faciatus, Pulex irritans, Pulex simulans, Tunga penetrans and Xenopsylla cheopis being more preferred. Particularly preferred fleas from which to protect animals include fleas of the species Ctenocephalides felis, Ctenocephalides canis, and Pulex species (e.g., Pulex irritans and Pulex simulans). It is also within the scope of the present invention to administer compositions of the present invention directly to fleas.

The present invention also includes the use of compositions of the present invention to reduce infestation by other ectoparasites as well as the use of compositions including protease vaccines, anti-protease antibodies and compounds that inhibit protease synthesis and/or activity derived from any ectoparasite to reduce ectoparasite infestation, particularly controlled release formulations containing such compositions. Preferred ectoparasites to target include arachnids, insects and leeches. More preferred ectoparasites to target include fleas; ticks, including both hard ticks of the family Ixodidae (e.g., Ixodes and Amblyomma) and soft ticks of the family Argasidae (e.g., Ornithodoros, such as O. parkeri and O. turicata); flies, such as midges (e.g., Culicoides), mosquitos, sand flies, black flies, horse flies, horn flies, deer flies, tsetse flies, stable flies, myiasis-causing flies and biting gnats; ants; spiders, lice; mites; and true bugs, such as bed bugs and kissing bugs, including those carrying Chagas disease. Even more preferred ectoparasites to target include fleas, mosquitos, midges, sandflies, blackflies, ticks and Rhodnius.

The following examples are provided for the purposes of illustration and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

EXAMPLES EXAMPLE 1

This Example demonstrates that soluble flea midgut preparations contain serine protease activity as well as leucine aminopeptidase activity.

Using a homogenization/sonication protocol as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,356,622, ibid., followed by an about 2 minute centrifugation step at about 10,000×g, soluble flea midgut preparations were obtained from fed and unfed fleas. Pellets from the centrifugation step were also collected and resuspended for analysis. Also prepared were whole flea lysates. Peptide substrate screening studies using the synthetic chromogenic trypsin substrate BAPNA (Nα-benzoyl-DL-arginine-p-nitroanilide; available from Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis Mo.) demonstrated significant proteolytic activity in both soluble flea midgut preparations as well as some proteolytic activity in resuspended midgut pellets. Soluble unfed flea midgut preparations exhibited about 10 times as much activity as did controls (samples to which no flea midgut fractions were added), whereas soluble fed flea midgut preparations exhibited about 20 times as much activity as did controls. Whole flea preparations exhibited about 2 to 3 times as much activity as did controls.

The ability of soluble fed and unfed flea midgut preparations to cleave BAPNA was almost completely inhibited (i.e., nearly 100%) by aprotinin (available from Sigma), whereas PMSF (phenylmethane-7-sulfonyl fluoride; available from Sigma) inhibited such proteolytic activity by about 50%. EDTA inhibited proteolytic activity of the preparations by about 10%, whereas addition of calcium ions stimulated proteolytic activity by about 25%. These results indicate the presence of serine protease activity, and more particularly of trypsin-like activity, in these soluble flea midgut preparations. These results also suggest the presence of serine protease isoforms in the preparations. It is also of interest to note that flea trypsin-like activity appears to be distinctive from that of mosquitos in that mosquito trypsins are not affected by EDTA or calcium ions.

Using a methyl-hemoglobin substrate, the pH optimum of the proteolytic activity in the soluble flea midgut preparations was found to be between pH 7 and pH 9, with a pH of about pH 8 giving the best activity. Such pH optima suggest the presence of serine proteases in soluble flea midgut preparations.

Soluble preparations of both unfed and fed flea midgut soluble preparations also were able to cleave the leucine aminopeptidase specific substrate LPNA (L-leucine-p-nitroanilide; available from Sigma) using standard conditions, indicating the presence of leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) activity in such preparations.

EXAMPLE 2

The following example evaluated the number of proteases in flea midguts that could be assessed by protease substrate gel analysis.

Protease substrate gels (available from Novex, San Diego, Calif., as Novex Zymogels) were 10% polyacrylamide-SDS gels with 0.1% gelatin. Samples and gels were processed according to Novex instructions. Briefly, samples were diluted in SDS-PAGE sample buffer without reducing agents. Tris-glycine SDS-PAGE was carried out by standard procedures. After electrophoresis, gels were incubated in 0.25% Triton X-100 at room temperature for 30 minutes (min), then in developing buffer (50 mM (millimolar) Tris-HCl pH 7.0, 5 mM CaCl₂, 0.02% Brij 35, 0.2 M (molar) NaCl) at room temperature for 30 min, and then incubated with fresh developing buffer at 37° C., usually overnight. Gels were then stained 30 min in 0.5% coomassie R-250, 40% methanol, 10% acetic acid and destained in 40% methanol, 10% acetic acid.

The following flea midguts were dissected directly into sample buffer: 100 midguts from unfed males; 100 midguts from unfed females; 100 midguts from fed males; and 100 midguts from fed females. Samples containing 10 or 20 midguts each were evaluated using protease substrate gel analysis and numerous negative staining bands were observed. The general pattern was the same for female and male midguts, although there appeared to be more activity in gel lanes containing female midguts. There were distinct differences noted between gel lanes containing fed and unfed midguts. There was a definite increase in overall activity in the fed midgut lanes, and, in addition, there were differences in the band patterns.

Fed and unfed female midguts were further evaluated using protease substrate gel analysis and the results are shown in FIG. 1. The protease substrate gel shown in FIG. 1 demonstrates the relative proteolytic activity in 1, 2, 5 or 10 midguts from either fed or unfed female fleas. Specifically, lane 1 contains a set of molecular weight markers. Lanes 2 through 5 contain, respectively, 10, 5, 2 and 1 unfed midguts. Lanes 6 through 9 contain, respectively, 1, 2, 5 and 10 fed midguts. Lane 10 contains 100 μg of dried bovine blood.

Proteolytic activity could easily be detected in one fed or one unfed female midgut, although there was considerably more activity in the fed midgut. Lane 10 evaluated 100 μg of dried bovine blood to assess if the increase in activity seen in the fed midgut lane was due to proteases in the blood meal. No activity was seen in the blood lane.

EXAMPLE 3

This example evaluated the protease classes present in flea midguts.

Three unfed female midguts and 0.75 fed female midguts were evaluated in duplicate in several protease substrate gels. Each gel was cut in half. Half was processed as described in Example 2, while the other half contained protease inhibitors in all incubation buffers. The following inhibitors were evaluated:

(a) the serine protease inhibitor AEBSF (available from Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, Ind.) was used at a final concentration of 1 mM;

(b) the serine protease inhibitor soybean trypsin inhibitor (available from Sigma) was used at a final concentration of 100 μg/ml (milliliter);

(c) the cysteine and serine protease inhibitor leupeptin (available from Sigma) was used at a final concentration of 10 μg/ml;

(d) the aminopeptidase inhibitor bestatin (available from Sigma) was used at a final concentration of 0.25 mM;

(e) the metalloprotease inhibitor EDTA (available from Sigma) was used at a final concentration of 2 mM; and

(f) the cysteine protease E-64 (available from Sigma) was used at a final concentration of 10 μg/ml.

AEBSF, soybean trypsin inhibitor and leupeptin were the only inhibitors to have any effect at the sensitivity of this assay. It was determined that serine proteases were the predominant, if not only, proteases present in the midgut preparations evaluated. FIG. 2 shows a protease substrate gel with fed (lanes 2 and 4) and unfed (lanes 1 and 3) midgut preparations with (lanes 3 and 4) and without (lanes 1 and 2) AEBSF. Residual activity in the inhibitor lanes could have been due to proteolysis that occurred during electrophoresis and prior to saturation of the gel with inhibitor in the incubation buffers.

EXAMPLE 4

This Example evaluates protease activity contained in a soluble fed midgut preparation of the present invention.

Mixed-sex fed flea midguts were processed as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,356,622, ibid. Aliquots of several steps of the procedure were evaluated by loading an equivalent of 0.4 midguts per lane of a protease substrate gel as described in Example 2. The results are shown in FIG. 3. Samples were from the low speed supernatant (lanes 2 and 9), sonicated midguts (lanes 3 and 10), high speed supernatant (lanes 4 and 11), combined low and high speed supernatants (FGS) (lanes 5 and 12) and the high speed pellet (lanes 6 and 13). Lanes 7 and 8 contained 50 nanograms (ng) of trypsin as a control. Duplicate lanes were evaluated. The gel was cut in half, and lanes 1-7 were processed as described in Example 2, and lanes 8-14 were processed with 100 μg/ml soybean trypsin inhibitor in all the incubation buffers.

Protease activity was seen in all preparations, the most being observed in the FGS lane (lane 5). It was also evident that the majority of the activity was inhibited by soybean trypsin inhibitor, a serine protease inhibitor.

EXAMPLE 5

This Example demonstrates the increase in flea midgut protease activity after blood feeding by fleas.

Fleas were fed on a dog for 15 minutes. At timed intervals after feeding, two midguts were dissected directly into sample buffer and proteases evaluated by protease substrate gel analysis as described in Example 2. FIG. 4 depicts a gel showing midgut protease activity at 30 min (lane 1), 1 hr (lane 2), 2 hr (lane 3), 4 hr (lane 4), 6 hr (lane 5), 8 hr (lane 6), 24 hr (lane 7) and 56 hr (lane 8) after blood feeding ended.

Increases in proteolytic activity were first observed 2 hr (lane 3) after feeding, although at 4 hr (lane 4) there was a much greater increase in activity noted. This increase in activity was still noticed 56 hr after feeding (lane 8).

EXAMPLE 6

This Example evaluates the effect of a number of protease inhibitors on flea viability and fecundity in a flea feeding system as described by Wade et al. ibid.

The following protease inhibitors were tested at the indicated final concentrations in blood meals:

(a) Aminopeptidase inhibitor bestatin at 1.3 mM and 13 mM;

(b) Aspartic acid protease inhibitor pepstatin A at 1 μg/ml and 10 μg/ml;

(c) Cysteine protease inhibitor E-64 at 1 μg/ml and 10 μg/ml.

(d) Metalloprotease inhibitor phosphoramidon at 10 μg/ml and 100 μg/ml; and

(e) the following serine protease inhibitors:

AEBSF at 0.3 mM, 0.5 mM, 5.0 mM and 6.0 mM;

Aprotinin at 2 μg/ml and 20 μg/ml;

Leupeptin at 5 μg/ml and 50 μg/ml;

Soybean trypsin inhibitor at 10 μg/ml and 100 μg/ml;

Soybean trypsin/chymotrypsin inhibitor at 10 μg/ml and 100 μg/ml;

AEBSF is available from Boehringer Mannheim; all other listed inhibitors are available from Sigma.

Protease inhibitor compounds were tested in groups of 3 to 6 including appropriate control groups. Inhibitors were not tested in groups of common inhibition types. Rather, they were tested in groups based on the diluent needed to dissolve them. (AEBSF, aprotinin, bestatin, leupeptin, phosphoramidon, soybean trypsin inhibitor and soybean trypsin/chymotrypsin inhibitor were dissolved in water; E-64 and pepstatin were dissolved in ethanol). This reduced the number of control (diluent only) groups needed within a particular assay. Inhibitor concentrations were chosen such that the lower concentration used was within the range recommended by the supplier for that inhibitor. The higher concentration was typically 10 times above the lower concentration and was used to look for dose response.

The general protocol for all of the assays was as follows: Approximately 2000 newly emerged adult fleas were placed in feeding chambers to feed on normal blood for about 24 to 48 hr. The fleas were prefed for two reasons: The first was to be certain that only fleas that would feed in the feeding system were used in the comparative study. The second was to prime female fleas for egg laying, since female fleas typically do not begin laying maximal numbers of eggs per day until the third day of feeding.

The prefed fleas were placed in “minifeeder” feeding chambers at a ratio of about 80 female fleas to about 20 male fleas for a total of about 100 fleas per chamber. Actual total number of fleas per chamber varied from about 90 to 125 fleas. Previous experiments have not demonstrated any differences in adult survival or fecundity based on such variance in numbers of fleas in a chamber. Three chambers were prepared for each experimental and control group. A fresh blood meal containing the appropriate inhibitor in 3 ml total volume was placed on each chamber daily through the 7 day extent of an assay.

On days 3, 5, and 7 of the assay, surviving adult fleas were transferred to clean chambers. The contents of the original chambers were dissolved in about 40 ml of PBS (phosphate-buffered saline) in a 50 ml Falcon tube. The contents of a given tube were then filtered through a pre-weighed #1 Whatman filter disk inserted into a vacuum filter. The 50 ml tube and the filter funnel were rinsed with distilled water which was then passed through the filter. Once the chamber contents had been filtered, dead adult fleas were removed from the filter paper and placed in a labelled tube so that they could be counted and sexed. The filter paper was then placed into a preweighed 12×75 polypropylene tube and dried in the SpeedVac for 2.5 hr with the heater on. After drying the filter paper was weighed. The weight of the filter paper and tube was subtracted to obtain the dry weight of the eggs and this value was converted to an estimated number of eggs using the formula y=41384.361x+162.37, where x=dry weight of eggs.

On day 7, adult fleas that had survived the study were frozen, counted and sexed. The numbers were added to the number of male and female fleas that had died during the assay to verify the number of male and female fleas in each chamber at the start of the study.

Female, male and total adult flea survival were calculated for all experimental and control groups on days 3, 5, and 7 of each assay. Additionally, the number of eggs per surviving female was calculated on days 3, 5 and 7. Female fleas found dead on a given collection date were included in the total number of egg-laying females for the days between that date and the previous collection date, providing a conservative estimate of fecundity. Fecundity values were averaged for the three collection dates to obtain an average for each group over 7 days.

Results of these studies are presented below in Table 1 and FIG. 6 through FIG. 9. All survival and fecundity values are presented below as a percent of control value.

TABLE 1 Effect of Protease Inhibitors on Flea Viability and Fecundity Fecundity¹ Adult Survival¹ Compound Conc. Days 1-7 Female Male Total AEBSF  6.0 mM 17.2% 4.1% 0.0 3.4%  5.0 mM 1.4% 6.8% 0.0% 5.6%  0.5 mM 95.0% 103.9% 104.2% 103.6%  0.3 mM 82.4% 116.2% 103.0% 111.9% Aprotinin  20 ug/ml 84.2% 100.0% 101.7% 99.9%  2 ug/ml 83.2% 103.2% 104.9% 103.3% Leupeptin  50 ug/ml 77.6% 101.5% 111.7% 104.6%  5 ug/ml 85.0% 71.0% 61.4% 68.4% Soybean Trypsin Inhibitor 100 ug/ml 79.1% 76.5% 76.0% 76.3%  10 ug/ml 96.1% 80.1% 101.7% 83.9% Trypsin/ Chymotrypsin Inhibitor 100 ug/ml 81.1% 88.0% 95.4% 89.9%  10 ug/ml 100.7% 115.1% 143.5% 120.7% E-64  10 ug/ml 177.4% 110.2% 139.0% 114.2%  1 ug/ml 109.4% 99.9% 102.9% 100.1%  10 ug/ml 84.1% 90.2% 91.1% 90.6%  1 ug/ml 95.2% 77.3% 80.0% 77.5% Phosphoramidon 100 ug/ml 84.9% 70.2% 64.6% 69.7%  10 ug/ml 89.0% 98.8% 95.2% 97.8% Pepstatin A  10 ug/ml 83.9% 113.6% 133.4% 116.2%  1 ug/ml 67.7% 77.6% 96.6% 80.5% Bestatin 13.0 mM 23.3% 121.0% 103.4% 117.0%  1.3 mM 60.4% 119.5% 116.3% 116.8% ¹All experimental values are expressed as a percent of the corresponding control group.

The aminopeptidase inhibitor bestatin caused a significant (p<0.05) reduction in fecundity at 13 mM (77% reduction) and at 1.3 mM (40% reduction) indicating the presence of an aminopeptidase or other exopeptidase in flea midguts. Bestatin at the concentrations tested, however, had no significant effect on adult viability at either concentration. These results suggest that aminopeptidases may play a role in ovarian function, or a related process, such as vitellogenesis.

The aspartic acid protease inhibitor pepstatin A caused a significant reduction (p<0.05) in fecundity at 1 μg/ml (32% reduction), but not at 10 μg/ml. Pepstatin A had no significant effect on adult viability at either concentration.

The cysteine protease inhibitor E-64 showed no statistically significant reduction in fecundity in this assay. There was a small, but significant (p<0.05), reduction in total adult flea survival when E-64 was dissolved in grain alcohol and added to blood at 1 μg/ml. However, this reduction was not evident in the group that was fed blood containing 10 μg/ml E-64 in grain alcohol.

The metalloprotease inhibitor phosphoramidon caused a reduction in adult viability of about 30%, which, however was not statistically significant. There was no significant reduction in fecundity.

Results using serine protease inhibitors were particularly interesting and suggest the significance of serine proteases in flea midguts. AEBSF administered at concentrations ranging from about 5 mM to about 6 mM reduced flea fecundity by more than 80%. In addition, adult survival was reduced to near zero (p<0.05).

Aprotinin, however, had no significant effect on either fecundity or viability, likely due to the ability of serum proteins, such as albumin, to interfere with aprotinin's inhibitory activity.

Leupeptin had no effect on fecundity at both concentrations, but reduced adult viability by 30% at 5 μg/ml. However, adult viability was not affected by 50 μg/ml leupeptin and none of the observed reductions were statistically significant.

Soybean trypsin inhibitor caused a small (20%) statistically insignificant reduction in fecundity at 100 μg/ml. The lower concentration had no effect. Soybean trypsin inhibitor, on the other hand, is very effective in in vitro studies as disclosed in several of the examples and was used to purify serine proteases as disclosed in Example 7. Soybean trypsin/chymotrypsin inhibitor had no effect on adult viability or fecundity.

EXAMPLE 7

This Example describes the production of a preferred soluble flea midgut preparation of the present invention and purification of flea serine proteases therefrom. Also included is amino acid sequence analysis of a flea serine protease of the present invention.

The soluble flea midgut preparation was prepared as follows. Flea midguts (3,735) from a mix of female and male fed fleas were homogenized in a homogenization buffer comprising 1.5 ml 50 mM Tris-HCl, 0.5 M NaCl, pH 8.5. The homogenate was centrifuged at 14,000×g for 10 min. The resultant pellet was processed again in another 1.5 ml of the homogenization. The two supernatant solutions were combined to form the soluble flea midgut preparation.

The preparation was added to 3 ml of p-aminobenzamidine-sepharose 6 B (affinity matrix for trypsin-like proteases, available from Sigma) and incubated at 5° C. overnight on a rocker. The sepharose beads were drained and washed with 7.5 ml of the homogenization buffer. The adsorbed proteins were eluted with 5 ml 0.1 M p-aminobenzamidine in the same buffer. This eluate was concentrated and the buffer exchanged to 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.5, 0.1 mM CaCl₂ by ultrafiltration through a membrane with a 3 kD cutoff, the final volume being 140 μl (microliters).

Labeling of proteins was performed by adding 10 μl of (1,3-³H)-diisopropylfluorophosphate (available from New England Nuclear, Beverly, Mass., at 6.0 Ci (Curies)/mmole, 1.0 mCi/ml) to 90 μl of the affinity purified proteins and incubating at 5° C. for 18 hours. The reaction was divided in half, each half then being separated by C4 reverse phase chromatography according to the following protocol:

Buffer A: 0.1% TFA in water

Buffer B: 0.085% TFA, 90% Acetonitrile

0.8 ml/min, 220 nm, 1 min fractions

5.6% B 15 min

5.6% to 100% B over 60 min

Ten microliters of each fraction was added to scintillation fluid and counted. Most protein-associated counts were found in fractions 44-47. FIG. 5A shows electrophoresis of fractions 40 (lane 2), 44 (lane 3), 46 (lane 4) and 47 (lane 5) from one chromatography run through a 14% Tris-glycine polyacrylamide-SDS gel, followed by coomassie staining. This gel was then processed with Entensigy (NEN) and exposed to film for 18 hours, as shown in FIG. 5B. Each fraction contained several proteins as shown in FIG. 5A, but only 4 bands were labeled, the most prominent being 26 kd (seen in lanes 3, 4 and 5), and denoted herein as PfSP26 (now denoted PafSP-26K). A faint band of 24 kd, denoted herein as PfSP24 (now denoted PafSP-24K), was also noticed in lane 5. A band of 19 kD, denoted herein as PfSP19 (now denoted PafSP-19K), was labeled in lane 4 that was associated with a very faintly staining protein band. Some labeled proteins were seen at the dye front of lanes 4 and 5, indicating a molecular weight less than 6 kd, denoted herein as PfSP6 (now denoted PafSP-6K), and could be degradation products.

Fraction 44 (analogous to lane 3) from a second C4 chromatography separation experiment was electrophoresed, blotted onto PVDF, stained with Coomassie R-250 and destained via standard procedures. The 26 kd band, corresponding to PfSP26 (also referred to herein as PfSP44-E, indicating the fraction in which the protein eluted and the gel/filter band from which the protein was excised), was excised and subjected to N-terminal amino acid sequencing using techniques known to those skilled in the art. A partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of about 32 amino acids was deduced and is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:1:

I I G G E V A G E G S A P Y Q V S L R T K E G N H F S G G S I L,

It should be noted that since amino acid sequencing technology is not entirely error-free, SEQ ID NO:1 represents, at best, an apparent partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of PfSP26. This caution is particularly relevant in light of the sequencing of this protein having been done at a low picomolar concentration.

A homology search of the non-redundant protein sequence database was performed through the National Center for Biotechnology Information using the BLAST network. This database includes +SwissProt+PIR+SPUpdate+GenPept+GPUpdate.ole level. Results of the search indicate that the N-terminus of PfSP26 shares significant amino sequence homology with a number of serine proteases, including a variety of trypsins, chymotrypsins and plasmins. The 32-amino acid N-terminal amino acid sequence of PfSP26 shared the highest degree of homology with a hornet chymotrypsin II.

EXAMPLE 8

This example describes the cloning of certain flea protease nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. This example also describes the production of certain recombinant molecules, recombinant cells and flea protease proteins of the present invention.

Several flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules, ranging in size from about 250 to about 500 nucleotides, and representing one or more partial flea serine protease genes, were PCR amplified from a fed flea midgut cDNA library that was prepared from RNA isolated from fed flea midguts using standard protocols as described in Sambrook et al., ibid. Several pairs of primers were used in PCR amplification reactions that represented degenerate oligonucleotides designed from published sequences of serine protease genes isolated from biting insects (e.g., mosquitos and black flies). Each primer pair was designed so that a properly amplified fragment of a flea serine protease gene would include a domain corresponding to the most conserved domain of trypsin protease genes (thought to be the active site) given that such a domain is contained in flea serine protease gene(s).

The amplified PCR fragments were of predicted size, ranging from about 250 nucleotides to about 500 nucleotides, depending on which primer pairs were used. PCR fragments that hybridized to a probe designed from the domain most conserved among all known trypsin genes were gel purified and cloned, for example, into the pCRII cloning vector (available from InVitrogen, Corp., San Diego, Calif.), following manufacturer's instructions. Nucleic acid sequences of the fragments are being determined using standard techniques.

The amplified PCR fragments are also being used as probes to identify full-length flea protease genes in unfed and fed flea midgut cDNA libraries and in flea salivary gland cDNA libraries, as well as in flea genomic DNA libraries, using standard procedures.

Recombinant molecules and recombinant cells including the amplified PCR fragments as well as full-length flea protease genes are being produced using standard procedures. Culturing of such recombinant cells leads to the production of flea protease proteins of the present invention.

EXAMPLE 9

This Example describes the testing of a flea protease protein as a flea protease vaccine of the present invention, that is for the ability of such a protein, upon administration to an animal, to elicit the production of antibodies that reduce flea protease activity and, as such, reduce flea viability and/or fecundity. This Example also demonstrates the use of such a flea protease protein as a vaccine on a dog subsequently infested with fleas.

A flea protease protein produced as described in Example 7 is administered to rabbits according to a standard immunization protocol known to those skilled in the art, including appropriate booster shots. Such a protein is also administered to guinea pigs and to dogs following a similar protocol.

Sera is collected from the treated rabbits and is verified to contain anti-flea protease antibodies. Such sera is then fed to fleas in a feeding system as reported by Wade et al. ibid. Fleas feeding on such a sera show reduced viability compared to fleas feeding on sera collected from rabbits not administered the flea protease protein. Sera from treated guinea pigs and dogs are verified in a similar manner.

Dogs treated with a flea protease protein are then infested with fleas as are dogs not treated with a flea protease protein. Dogs treated with a flea protease protein show a significant reduction in flea burden compared to untreated dogs.

EXAMPLE 10

This Example describes the determination of the partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of additional flea serine protease proteins of the present invention.

An additional eight flea serine proteases were purified and consensus partial N-terminal amino acid sequences were determined as described in Example 7. The results are as follows, the proteins being named by the fraction in which they were eluted and the SDS-PAGE gel band from which they were excised. Each of the proteases bore at least some sequence homology to known proteases, the highest percent identity estimated to be no more than about 30-40%.

Flea protease PfSP45-C had a partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of X V G G H D T S I D X H P H Q V T, also represented herein as SEQ ID NO:2. PfSP45-C was most similar in amino acid sequence to a fruit fly trypsin epsilon.

Flea protease PfSP46-C had a partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of I V G G A D A A P G N A P F Q V S L R D K G, also represented herein as SEQ ID NO:3. PfSP46-C was most similar in amino acid sequence to a collagenolytic 36 kD protease from a Kamchatda crab.

Flea protease PfSP46-A had a partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of I V G G Q D A D I A K Y G Y Q A S L Q V F N E H F X G A X I L N N Y, also represented herein as SEQ ID NO:4. PfSP46-A was most similar in amino acid sequence to a hornet chymotrypsin II.

Flea protease PfSP46-B had a partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of I V G G T D V N I E N F G W Q V S L F D R N G H F, also represented herein as SEQ ID NO:5. PfSP46-B was most similar in amino acid sequence to a fruit fly trypsin beta.

Flea protease PfSP48-A had a partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of I V G G H D T S I D K H P F Q V S L I D K N, also represented herein as SEQ ID NO:6. PfSP48-A was most similar in amino acid sequence to a fruit fly trypsin epsilon.

Flea protease PfSP48-B had a partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of V V G G L E A A E G S A P Y Q V X L Q W G N F, also represented herein as SEQ ID NO:7. PfSP48-B was most similar in amino acid sequence to a human Factor 12.

Flea protease PfSP48-D had a partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of I V G G E D A E L G E X P T Q, also

represented herein as SEQ ID NO:8. PfSP48-D was most similar in amino acid sequence to a bovine Factor 9.

Flea protease PfSP40-B had a partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of D E D G K D D S A P G E I, also represented herein as SEQ ID NO:9. PfSP40-B was most similar in amino acid sequence to a fruit fly furin-like protease I.

EXAMPLE 11

This Example describes the isolation of nucleic acid molecules encoding flea serine protease proteins of the present invention.

Several midgut proteinase cDNA genes have been isolated in a manner similar to that described in Example 8, using two degenerate primers, the design of which was based on a highly conserved serine proteinase amino acid sequence (C Q/N G D S G G P L, denoted SEQ ID NO:10) located about 195 amino acid residues (based on an average protease size of about 240 residues) from the mature amino terminus in a number of known serine proteases. Complementing primers for use in the PCR amplification reaction were primers corresponding to the vectors in which nucleic acid molecules of the present invention had been ligated. The actual primers used in PCR amplification of serine protease nucleic acid molecules from whole fed flea cDNA expression libraries (produced as described in Example 8) included the following serine protease specific primers: cat-try #1 having nucleic acid sequence 5′ TAA WGG WCC WCC YGA ATC TCC CTG GCA 3′ (Y indicating C or T; W indicating A or T), represented herein as SEQ ID NO:11; and cat-try #2 having nucleic acid sequence 5′ TAA WGG WCC AGA RTC TCC TTG ACA 3′ (R indicating A or G), represented herein as SEQ ID NO:12. Vector specific primers included: M13 Reverse having nucleic acid sequence 5′ GGAAACAGCTATGACCATG 3′, represented herein as SEQ ID NO:13; and T3 Primer having nucleic acid sequence 5′ ATTAACCCTCACTAAAG 3′, represented herein as SEQ ID NO:14. The resultant PCR products, obtained using standard PCR conditions (e.g., Sambrook et al., ibid.), were about 600 to about 700 nucleotides in length.

The PCR products were hybridized under standard hybridization conditions (e.g., Sambrook et al., ibid.) with (i.e., to) an internal synthetic oligonucleotide probe named H57, the sequence of which corresponds to a region including a conserved histidine residue in known serine proteases. The nucleic acid sequence of H57 is 5′ TGG GTW GTW ACW GCW GCW CAT TG 3′, represented herein as SEQ ID NO:15. PCR products which hybridized strongly to the probe were gel purified and cloned into the TA Vector™ (available from InVitrogen, Corp.). Approximately 80 recombinant TA vector clones were isolated.

To prevent repetitive sequencing of the same serine proteinase clones, a number of the clones were characterized to identify those having unique restriction endonuclease patterns using the enzymes HaeIl and HaeIII. About 11 plasmids apparently containing unique flea serine proteinase nucleic acid molecules of about 600 to about 700 nucleotides in length were isolated using this procedure. These nucleic acid molecules were subjected to nucleic acid sequencing using the Sanger dideoxy chain termination method, as described in Sambrook et al., ibid.

The complete nucleic acid sequence of one of the flea serine protease nucleic molecules, namely nfSP4₆₇₂ is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:16. Translation of SEQ ID NO:16 yields a protein of about 223 amino acids, denoted PfSP4₂₂₃, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:17. Although the entire amino acid sequence of PfSP4₂₂₃ is not highly conserved to that of known serine proteases, there are several conserved regions of note (as numbered for SEQ ID NO:17), including: (a) the sequence IVGG spanning from about amino acid 5 through about amino acid 9; (b) the active-site histidine at about amino acid 46 and surrounding sequences spanning from about amino acid 41 through about amino acid 47; (c) the conserved aspartic acid residue at about amino acid 90; (d) the GWG sequence spanning from about amino acid 124 through about amino acid 126; the conserved cysteines at about amino acid 152 and about amino acid 165; and the conserved sequence around the active site serine, spanning from about amino acid 174 through about amino acid 182.

Nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of all 11 flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules were determined for the regions corresponding to the region in known serine proteases to span from the conserved GWG sequence to the conserved CXGDSGGP sequence (denoted SEQ ID NO:10). Flea nucleic acid molecule nfSP1₁₅₆ has the nucleic acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:18, which encodes a protein PfSP1₅₂ having an amino acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:19. Flea nucleic acid molecule nfSP2₁₆₈ has the nucleic acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:20, which encodes a protein PfSP2₅₆ having an amino acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:21. Flea nucleic acid molecule nfSP3₁₇₇ has the nucleic acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:22, which encodes a protein PfSP3₅₉ having an amino acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:23. Flea nucleic acid molecule nfSP4₁₅₆ has the nucleic acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:24, which encodes a protein PfSP4₅₂ having an amino acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:25. Flea nucleic acid molecule nfSP5₁₅₉ has the nucleic acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:26, which encodes a protein PfSP5₅₃ having an amino acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:27. Flea nucleic acid molecule nfSP6₁₆₈ has the nucleic acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:28, which encodes a protein PfSP6₅₆ having an amino acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:29. Flea nucleic acid molecule nfSP7₁₅₉ has the nucleic acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:30, which encodes a protein PfSP7₅₃ having an amino acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:31. Flea nucleic acid molecule nfSP8₁₈₆ has the nucleic acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:32, which encodes a protein PfSP8₆₂ having an amino acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:33. Flea nucleic acid molecule nfSP9₁₆₈ has the nucleic acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:34, which encodes a protein PfSP9₅₆ having an amino acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:35. Flea nucleic acid molecule nfSP10₁₂₀ has the nucleic acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:36, which encodes a protein PfSP10₄₀ having an amino acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:37. Flea nucleic acid molecule nfSP11₁₆₂ has the nucleic acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:38, which encodes a protein PfSP11₅₄ having an amino acid sequence represented herein as SEQ ID NO:39.

Comparison of the nucleic acid sequences of the flea serine proteases with that of a mosquito (A. aegypti) trypsin indicates that SEQ ID NO:18 is about 33% identical, SEQ ID NO:20 is about 33% identical, SEQ ID NO:22 is about 24% identical, SEQ ID NO:24 is about 25% identical, SEQ ID NO:26 is about 32% identical, SEQ ID NO:28 is about 38% identical, SEQ ID NO:30 is about 33% identical, SEQ ID NO:32 is about 33% identical, SEQ ID NO:34 is about 40% identical, SEQ ID NO:36 is about 33% identical, and SEQ ID NO:38 is about 29% identical, to the corresponding region of the mosquito trypsin. Comparison of the nucleic acid sequences of the flea serine proteases with that of a black fly (S. vittatum) trypsin indicates that SEQ ID NO:18 is about 34% identical, SEQ ID NO:20 is about 34% identical, SEQ ID NO:22 is about 25% identical, SEQ ID NO:24 is about 28% identical, SEQ ID NO:26 is about 36% identical, SEQ ID NO:28 is about 45% identical, SEQ ID NO:30 is about 29% identical, SEQ ID NO:32 is about 36% identical SEQ ID NO:34 is about 42% identical, SEQ ID NO:36 is about 34% identical, and SEQ ID NO:38 is about 30% identical, to the corresponding region of the black fly trypsin. It is to be noted that the mosquito and black fly trypsins are about 50% identical in the same regions.

Comparison of the amino acid sequences of the flea serine proteases with that of a mosquito (A. aegypti) trypsin indicates that SEQ ID NO:19 is about 11% identical, SEQ ID NO:21 is about 30% identical, SEQ ID NO:23 is about 19% identical, SEQ ID NO:25 is about 19% identical, SEQ ID NO:27 is about 28% identical, SEQ ID NO.:29 is about 21% identical, SEQ ID NO:31 is about 14% identical, SEQ ID NO:33 is about 22% identical, SEQ ID NO:35 is about 30% identical, SEQ ID NO:37 is about 22% identical, and SEQ ID NO:39 is about 29% identical, to the corresponding region of the mosquito trypsin. Comparison of the amino acid sequences of the flea serine proteases with that of a black fly (S. vittatum) trypsin indicates that SEQ ID NO:19 is about 14% identical, SEQ ID NO:21 is about 28% identical, SEQ ID NO:23 is about 16% identical, SEQ ID NO:25 is about 17% identical, SEQ ID NO:27 is about 35% identical, SEQ ID NO:29 is about 33% identical, SEQ ID NO:31 is about 11% identical, SEQ ID NO:33 is about 22% identical, SEQ ID NO:35 is about 33% identical, SEQ ID NO:37 is about 21% identical, and SEQ ID NO:39 is about 25% identical, to the corresponding region of the black fly trypsin. It is to be noted that the mosquito and black fly trypsins are about 50% identical in the same regions.

Partial N-terminal amino acid sequences were deduced for each of the cloned flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules, four of which were identical to the following amino acid sequences derived from N-terminal sequencing of serine proteases as described in Example 10: SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6 and SEQ ID NO:7. The remaining nucleic acid molecules had the following deduced N-terminal amino acid sequences: SEQ ID NO:40, namely I V G G E N A K E K S D V P Y Q V S L R N A E N K H F C G G A I I D D Y W V L T, which was most similar in amino acid sequence to mite fecal allergen Der pIII; SEQ ID NO:41, namely I V G G L E A K N G S A P F N V S L Q A E D Y F H, which was most similar in amino acid sequence to a chymotrypsin-like protein; SEQ ID NO:42, namely I I G G E V A G E G S A P Y Q V S L R T K E G N H F, which was most similar in amino acid sequence to a chymotrypsin-like protein; SEQ ID NO:43, namely I V G G T A V D I R G F P G R Y Q F K P K P S F L W W F Y, which did not substantially match any protein in the data base; SEQ ID NO:44, namely I V N G L E A G V G Q F P I Q V F L D L T N I R D E K S R C G G A L F, which was most similar in amino acid sequence to a trypsin precursor; SEQ ID NO:45, namely I V G G L E A K N G I T P F I G F F A S G R L F, which was most similar in amino acid sequence to a chymotrypsin-like protease; SEQ ID NO:46, namely I V G G N D V S X K I F W Q V S I Q S N X Q H F C G, which was most similar in amino acid sequence to a trypsin; and SEQ ID NO:47, namely I I G G E D A P E G S A P Y Q V S L R N Q N L E H F C G G S I, which was most similar in amino acid sequence to a chymotrypsin-like protein.

Additional amino terminal and carboxyl terminal sequences of flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules comprising sequences listed above as well as additional nucleic acid molecules identified using the techniques described herein are presented in Table 2.

TABLE 2 Additional Flea Serine Protease Sequences A. The apparent N-terminal nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:52), as well as deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:53) of nfSPl is: TCA GCA CTC GTT GCC TTG TCT GCA GCT ATT CCT CAC TCC AAC AGA GTC  S   A   L   V   A   L   S   A   A   I   P   H   S   N   R V GTT GGA GGA CTG GAA GCT GCA GAG GGT TCT GCA CCT TAT CAA GTA TCC  V   G   G   L   E   A   A   E   G   S   A   P   Y   Q   V S TTG CAA GTT GGC AAC TTC CAC TTC TGT GGT GGT TCA ATT CTG AAC GAA  L   Q   V   G   N   F   H   F   C   G   G   S   I   L   N E TAT TGG GTT TTG ACT GCT GCT CAC TGT TTG GGT TAT GAC TTC GAC GTG  Y   W   V   L   T   A   A   H   C   L   G   Y   D   F   D V GTA GTT GGA ACA AAC AAA CTT GAT CAA CCA GGT GAA AGA TAC  CTC GTA  V   V   G   T   N   K   L   D   Q   P   G   E   R   Y   L V GAA CAA ACT TTT GTT CAC  E   Q   T   F   V   H B. The apparent N-termina1 nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:54), as well as deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:55) of nfSP2 is: TTA GAT GGG CGC ATT GTT GGA GGA CAA GAT GCT GAT ATT GCC AAA TAT  L   D   G   R   I   V   G   G   Q   D   A   D   I   A   K Y GGC TAT CAA GCT TCA CTC CAA GTA TTT AAC GAA CAT TTC TGT GGA GCT  G   Y   Q   A   S   L   Q   V   F   N   E   H   F   C   G A TCA ATA TTG AAT AAT TAT TGG ATT GTC ACA GCA GCT CAT TGC ATA TAT  S   I   L   N   N   Y   W   I   V   T   A   A   H   C   I Y GAT GAA TTC ACG TAT TCA GTT CGA GTC GGC ACC AGT TTC CAA GGA AGA  D   E   F   T   Y   S   V   R   V   G   T   S   F   Q   G R CGT GGT TCC GTT CAT CCT GTG GCA CAA ATT ATC AAG CAT CCT GCA TAC  R   G   S   V   H   P   V   A   Q   I   I   K   H   P   A Y C. The apparent N-terminal nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:56), as we11 as deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:57) of nfSP4 is: AGG GAA CAA AAG CTG GAG CTC CAC CGC GGT GCG CCG GCT CTA GAA CTA  R   E   Q   K   L   E   L   H   R   G   A   P   A   L   E L GTG GAT CCC CCG GGT CTG CAG GAA TTG GCA CGA GGA TGT TCT TGG CTG  V   D   P   P   G   L   Q   E   L   A   R   G   C   S   W L TGT TTA GTA GCT ATT CTT TGT GCA GTG GCT GCT GGG CCT ACT AAT CGC  C   L   V   A   I   L   C   A   V   A   A   G   P   T   N R ATT GTT GGA GGA TTG GAG GCG AAA AAT GGA ATC ACC CCA TTC ATC GGT  I   V   G   G   L   E   A   K   N   G   I   T   P   F   I G TTC TTT GCA AGC GGA AGA CTA TTT CA  F   F   A   S   G   R   L   F D. The apparent N-terminal nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:58), as well as deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:59) of nfSP5 is: ACG AGG TTT CGC TTA GCA ATT GTA TGT GCT CTC GCT GTC TGC ACA TTC T   R   F   R   L   A   I   V   C   A   L   A   V   C   T   F> GGT GCC AGT GTT CCA GAA CCA TGG AAA AGA TTA GAT GGT AGA ATC GTA G   A   S   V   P   E   P   W   K   R   L   D   G   R   I   V> GGA GGA CAC GAT ACC AGC ATC GAT AAA CAC CCT CAT CAA GTA TCT TTA G   G   H   D   T   S   I   D   K   H   P   H   Q   V   S L> TTG TAC TCC AGC GAC AAT TGT GGT GGT TCC TTG ATT GCC AAA AAC TGG  L   Y   S   S   H   N   C   G   G   S   L   I   A   K   N W> GTT TTG ACT GCA GCT CAT TGC ATT GGA GTT AAC AAA TAC AAT GTC CGT  V   L   T   A   A   H   C   I   G   V   N   K   Y   N   V R> E. The apparent N-terminal nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:60), as well as deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:61) of nfSP6 is: CCC TCA CTA AAG GGA ACA AAA GCT GGA GCT CCA CCG CGG TGC GCC GCT  P   S   L   K   G   T   K   A   G   A   P   P   R   C   A A CTA GAA CTA GTG GAT CCC CCG GGC TGC AGG AAT TCG GCA CGA GCG TTT  L   E   L   V   D   P   P   G   C   R   N   S   A   R   A F GGT TGG ATT GAG CGC GTC TCA TCT TAC AAG ATA AAG GAT AGA TTA GAT  G   W   I   E   R   V   S   S   Y   K   I   K   D   R   L D GGG CGC ATT GTT GGA GGA CAA GAT GCT GAT ATT GCC AAA TAT GGC TAT  G   R   I   V   G   G   Q   D   A   D   I   A   K   Y   G Y CAA GCT TCA CTC CAA GTA CTT AAC GAA CAT TTC TGT GGA GCT  Q   A   S   L   Q   V   L   N   E   H   F   C   G   A F. The apparent N-terminal nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:62), as well as deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:63) of nfSP7 is: GCG GTG ATT GTG TCA TTT GTT CTG GCT TGT GCA TTT TCT GTA CAG GCT  A   V   I   V   S   F   V   L   A   C   A   F   S   V   Q A CTT CCA TCA AGC AGA ATT GTC AAT GGA CTT GAA GCA GGA GTT GGA CAA  L   P   S   S   R   I   V   N   G   L   E   A   G   V   G Q TTT CCA ATT CAG GTT TTC TTA GAC TTG ACA AAT ATC AGA GAC GAA AAA  F   P   I   Q   V   F   L   D   L   T   N   I   R   D   E K TCC AGA TGT GGT GGT GCT TTG TTA TCA GAT TCA TGG GTT TTG ACT GCT  S   R   C   G   G   A   L   L   S   D   S   W   V   L   T A GCT CAT TGT TTT GAT GAT TTG AAG TCT ATG GTA GTG TCC GTT GGT GCT  A   H   C   F   D   D   L   K   S   M   V   V   S   V   G A CAT GAT GTC AGC AAA TCT GAA GAA CCT CAC AGG CAA ACC AGG AAA CCT  H   D   V   S   K   S   E   E   P   H   R   Q   T   R   K P GAA  E G. The apparent N-terminal nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:64), as well as deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:65) of nfSPl2 is: GTA CTG ATC GTT TTA GCA GTC ATT GAA TTC GCA TCA GCG TCT TCA ATC  V   L   I   V   L   A   V   I   E   F   A   S   A   S   S I GGC TGG AGA ATC GTG GGT GGT GAA AAT GCT AAA GAA AAA TCG GTG CCC  G   W   R   I   V   G   G   E   N   A   K   E   K   S   V P TAT CAA GTT TCM CTT CGA AAT GCT GAA AAC AAA CAT TTY TGT GGR GGR  Y   Q   V   S   L   R   N   A   E   N   K   H   F   C   G G H. The apparent N-terminal nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:66). as well as deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:67) of nfSP13 is: TTC GGC TTC AAG CTA AGT CAT TTG GTA AGT AAG TAC GCT TGT GCA  F   G   F   K   L   S   H    L   V   S   K   Y   C   A   C A TTA GCA TCG GCA CTG AAG TAC TCC ATC GAT CAT GGT CCT CGT ATC  L   A   S   A   L   K   Y   S   I   D   H   G   P   R   I I GGA GGT GAA GTT GCA GGT GAA GGA TCA GCA CCT TAC CAG GTG TCC TTA  G   G   E   V   A   G   E   G   S   A   P   Y   Q   V   S L AGA ACC AAG GAA GGA AAT CAT TTT TGC GGT GGA TCA ATA CTA AAT AAG  R   T   K   E   G   N   H   F   C   G   G   S   I   L   N K CGA TGG GTT GTA ACT GCA GCA CAT TGT CTT GAA CCG GAA ATA TTA GTA  R   W   V   V   T   A   A   H   C   L   E   P   E   I   L D TCG GTA TAC GTC GGA TCC AAT CAC TTA GAC CGA AAA GGC AGA TAT TAC  S   V   Y   V   G   S   N   H   L   D   R   K   G   R   Y Y GAC GTA GAA CGG TAT ATA ATT CAT GAA AAA TAT ATA GGA GAA CTA AAT  D   V   E   R   Y   I   I   H   E   K   Y   I   G   E   L N AAT TTT TAT GCT GAC ATC GGT CTA ATA AAA CTT GAT GGA AGA CTT AGA  N   F   Y   A   D   I   G   L   I   K   L   D   G   R   L R ATT CAA  I   Q I. The apparent N-terminal nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:68), as well as deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:69 of nfSP14 is: CGG GCT GCA GGA ATT CGG CAC GAG AAG AAA CTG CCA ATA TTA ATC GCC  R   A   A   G   I   R   H   E   K   K   L   P   I   L   I A TTG ATC GGA TGC GTT CTT TCT GAA GAA ATA GAG GAT CGC ATT GTC GGC  L   I   G   C   V   L   S   E   E   I   E   D   R   I   V G GGA ACG GCA GTT GAT ATA AGA GGT TTT CCC TGG CAG GTA TCA ATT CAA  G   T   A   V   D   I   R   G   F   P   W   Q   V   S   I Q ACC GAA AAC CGT CAT TTT TGT GGT GGT TCT ATT ATC GAT AAA AGC TGG  T   E   N   R   H   F   C   G   G   S   I   I   D   K   S W ATA TTA ACT GCC GCA CAT TGT GTA CMC GAT ATG AAG ATG TCG AAC TGG  I   L   T   A   A   H   C   V   X   D   M   K   M   S   N W J. The apparent N-terminal nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:70), as well as deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:71) of nfSPl5 is: CAC GAG ATT TTA TTA AGC GCA TTA TTT GCA AGT GTA ATT TGC TCC TTT  H   E   I   L   L   S   A   L   F   A   S   V   I   C   S F AAC GCG GAA GTA CAA AAT CGA ATC GTT GGT GGC AAT GAT GTA AGT ATT  N   A   E   V   Q   N   R   I   V   G   G   N   D   V   S I TCA AAA ATT GGG TGG CAA GTA TCT ATT CAA AGT AAT AAA CAA CAT TTC  S   K   I   G   W   Q   V   S   I   Q   S   N   K   Q   H F TGT GGT GGT TCA ATC ATT GCT AAA GAT GGG TCC  C   G   G   S   I   I   A   K   D   G   S K. The apparent N-termina1 nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:72), as well as deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:73) of nfSPl6 is: ATC ATG GCA AAT TTT AGG CTA TTC ACC TTA CTA GCC TTG GTT TCA GTA  I   M   A   N   F   R   L   F   T   L   L   A   L   V   S V GCA ACT TCC AAA TAT ATT GAT CCA AGA ATA ATT GGA GGC GAA GAT GCT  A   T   S   K   Y   I   D   P   R   I   I   G   G   E   D A CCT GAA GGC TCG GCT CCG TAC CAA GTT TCA TTG AGA AAT CAG AAT CTG  P   E   G   S   A   P   Y   Q   V   S   L   R   N   Q   N L GAG CAT TTC TGT GGT GGT TCC ATT  E   H   F   C   G   G   S   I L. The apparent N-terminal nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:74), as well a deduced aimino acid seguence (SEQ ID NO:75) of nfSPl7 is: GCA CGA GAT CGC ATT GTT GGA GGA TTG GAG GCG AAA AAT GGA TCA GCC  A   R   D   R   I   V   G   G   L   E   A   K   N   G   S A CCA TTC ATG GTT TCT TTG CAA GCG GAA GAC TAT TTT CAT TTT TGT GGA  P   F   M   V   S   L   Q   A   E   D   Y   F   H   F   C G TCC TCT ATT CTG AAT GAG AGA TGG GTT CTT ACT GCT GCT CAC TGT ATC  S   S   I   L   N   E   R   W   V   L   T   A   A   H   C I CAA CCA AAT GTA CAC AAG TAC GTT TAC GTC GGT TCG AAC AAC GTA GAA  Q   P   N   V   H   K   Y   V   Y   V   G   S   N   N   V E M. The apparent C-terminal nucleic acid seguence (SEQ ID NO:76), as well as deduced amino acid seguence (SEQ ID NO:77) of nfSPl2 is: CCA ATC CAC GAT AGC CAA TAT GCA CTT TTG CAG ATA TGG GTC AAG GGT  P   I   H   D   S   Q   Y   A   L   L   Q   I   W   V   K G> GCA TGT AAG GGT GAT TCC GGT GGC CCC TTA GTC ATC AAT GGA CAA CTT  A   C   K   G   D   S   G   G   P   L   V   I   N   G   Q L> CAT GGA ATT GTT TCC TGG GGC ATT CCT TGC GCT GTC GCA AGC CTG ATG  H   G   I   V   S   W   G   I   P   C   A   V   A   S   L M> TAT TCA CAA GAG TTT CTC ATT ATG TCG ATT GGA TTA AAT CCA AAA TTG  Y   S   Q   E   F   L   I   M   S   I   G   L   N   P   K L> AAT AAA ATT GTT TAG  N   K   I   V   * N. The apparent C-termina1 nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:78), as well as deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:79) of nfSPl3 is (the initial GGPL is next to the conserved active-site serine): GGA GGT CCT TTG GCA ATC AAT GGT GAA CTT GTT GGT GTT ACT TCA TTC  G   G   P   L   A   I   N   G   E   L   V   G   V   T   S F ATT ATG GGG ACA TGT GGA GGA GGA CAT CCT GAT GTC TTC GGT CGA GTC  I   M   G   T   C   G   G   G   H   P   D   V   F   G   R V CTT GAC TTC AAA CCA TGG ATT GAT TCT CAT ATG GCA AAT GAC GGC GCT  L   D   F   K   P   W   I   D   S   H   M   A   N   D   G A AAT/TCT/TTT/ATT/TAA /N///S///F///I///*

EXAMPLE 12

This Example describes the purification of a flea aminopeptidase of the present invention.

The starting material for the isolation of a flea aminopeptidase was a flea midgut lysate preparation that had been depleted of serine proteases by passage over a benzamidine-Sepharose affinity column. To assay for aminopeptidase activity, the synthetic substrate L-Leucine-AMC (Leu-AMC), which releases a fluorescent AMC leaving group upon proteolytic cleavage, was incubated with the serine protease-depleted flea midgut preparation. Aminopeptidase activity was easily detectable with as little as 1.2 μg of lysate, both confirming the presence of an aminopeptidase (as indicated in other Examples herein) and allowing for the detection of aminopeptidase activity in fractions collected throughout subsequent fractionation and purification procedures.

Serine protease-depleted flea midgut lysates (samples of about 1.2 μg and about 12 μg) were incubated with Leu-AMC in the presence of the following inhibitors: 1 mM pefabloc, 1 mg/ml trypsin/chymotrypsin inhibitor, 1 mg/ml trypsin inhibitor, 1 mM TPCK, 1 μg/ml pepstatin, 10 μg/ml E-64, 10 μg/ml of leupeptin, 10 mM EDTA, and 86 μg/ml of bestatin. Only bestatin inhibited the flea protease that cleaved Leu-AMC, whereas both EDTA and bestatin inhibited the control protease, a leucine aminopeptidase. These results indicated that the flea protease being characterized was an aminopeptidase, but apparently was not a metalloaminopeptidase like the “classic” leucine aminopeptidases.

A flea aminopeptidase was purified using the following protocol. Flea midgut lysates cleared of serine protease activity were fractionated by anion-exchange chromatography. Those fractions containing aminopeptidase activity were pooled and subjected to cation-exchange chromatography, and the resulting fractions were again assayed for activity with L-Leu-AMC in 96-well plates.

Fractions containing aminopeptidase activity were subjected to SDS-PAGE and silver-stained to identify the protein(s) exhibiting that activity. Aminopeptidase activity was found to be associated with proteins that migrated at a molecular weight of about 95 kD and about 56 kD when subjected to SDS-PAGE. The 95 kD and 56 kD proteins may each be aminopeptidases or they may be subunits of a larger enzyme. A number of known aminopeptidases are multi-subunit enzymes comprised of subunits ranging from about 45 kD to about 55 kD and from about 90 kD to about 95 kD.

Additional purification studies have indicated that the majority of aminopeptidase activity was found to be associated with the membrane pellet preparation and could be solubilized with detergent. Aminopeptidase activity in such preparations was also monitored during purification using L-Leu-AMC, and appeared to be associated with the 95 kD and 56 kD proteins when active fractions were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and silver staining. The 95 kD and 56 kD protein were co-purified to greater than 90% purity by cation exchange chromatography, affinity chromatography using w-aminohexyl agarose, and C-4 reverse phase chromatography. N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis indicated that both isolated aminopeptidases appeared to be blocked at the amino terminus.

EXAMPLE 13

This Example describes the isolation of a flea aminopeptidase nucleic acid molecule of the present invention

A nucleic acid molecule encoding a flea aminopeptidase was isolated in the following manner. A DNA fragment was PCR amplified from a whole fed flea cDNA expression library (prepared as described in Example 8 using degenerate primers, the design of which was based on conserved regions of bovine lens leucine aminopeptidase (LAP). The specific LAP-based primers used included: degenerate LAP sense primer A, corresponding to bovine lens LAP amino acid sequence from about amino acid 247 through 257 and having nucleic acid sequence 5′ GTW GGW AAA GGW WTW ACW TTY GAT TCW GGW GG 3′, represented herein as SEQ ID NO:48; and degenerate LAP antisense primer C, corresponding to bovine lens LAP amino acid sequence from about amino acid 335 through 329 and having nucleic acid sequence 5′ CG WCC TTC WGC ATC WGT ATT 3′, represented herein as SEQ ID NO:49. Also used were vector primers having SEQ ID NO:13 and SEQ ID NO:14, described in Example 11.

In a first experiment, the LAP primer C having SEQ ID NO:49 and the M13 reverse vector primer having SEQ ID NO:13 were used to PCR amplify DNA fragments from the expression library. The resultant PCR products were screened by hybridization under standard hybridization conditions with LAP primer A having SEQ ID NO:48. A PCR product that hybridized with SEQ ID NO:48 was subjected to nested (actually semi-nested) PCR amplification using LAP primer C and the T3 vector primer having SEQ ID NO:14. The resulting PCR product, which was about 900 nucleotides in length (denoted nfAP₉₀₀) and hybridized under standard (i.e., stringent) hybridization conditions with LAP primer A, was cloned into the TA™ vector and analyzed by DNA sequence analysis as described in Example 11.

The nucleic acid sequence of a portion of nfAP₉₀₀, namely of nfAP₄₅₃, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:50. Translation of SEQ ID NO:50 yields a protein of about 151 amino acids, denoted herein as PfAP₁₅₁, the amino acid sequence of which is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:51. Analysis of SEQ ID NO:51 suggests that the sequence includes a leader segment of about 15 amino acids followed by a mature protein that has about 32% identity with the bovine lens LAP. The corresponding bovine and flea nucleotide sequences are about 29% identical.

EXAMPLE 14

This Example describes the production of an anti-flea midgut protease antiserum and its use to inhibit flea protease activity thereby supporting the utility of protease-based vaccines as anti-flea agents.

Anti-flea protease antiserum was produced in the following manner. A rabbit was immunized 3 times with approximately 40-50 μg of a flea midgut protease preparation that had been affinity-purified using benzamidine sepharose as described in Example 7 and then combined with Freund' s complete adjuvant for the first immunization and with incomplete adjuvant for the second and third immunizations according to standard procedures. After the second immunization, endpoint titers of around 1:3200 were obtained, while the third immunization boosted the anti-protease titers to about 1:6400. Western blot analysis of the immunoreactivity of the resultant anti-flea protease antiserum against the affinity-purified midgut protease preparation demonstrated the presence of at least 7-8 reactive protease bands. This was an important observation since there are numerous reports in the literature of difficulties associated with generating high-titered antisera against certain classes of proteases.

To assess the inhibitory activity of the rabbit anti-flea protease antiserum against flea midgut proteases, an in vitro assay which measures trypsin activity as a function of absorbance at OD₄₅₀ using a defined protein substrate (i.e., succinylated casein) was established using a commercially available kit (available from Pierce, Rockford, Ill.). In preliminary assays, the proteolytic activity of the affinity-purified flea midgut protease preparation was about 25-30% of the activity observed with the trypsin control. This lower activity is not unexpected since the flea proteases may require different reaction conditions than the trypsin control for optimal activity. Also, the primary amino acid sequences determined for the flea proteases as described in Examples 7, 10 and 11 are suggestive of highly specialized functions that may require specific substrates for determining optimal activity. Incubation of the affinity purified midgut protease preparation with the succinylated casein substrate in the presence of about 500 ng of the rabbit anti-flea protease antibody-containing serum collected after the second immunization reduced the proteolytic activity of the protease preparation by about 20%. This result, using a suboptimal assay, supports the feasibility of using immunological methods to inhibit flea midgut protease activity.

Using a similar immunization protocol, anti-flea protease antiserum has also been generated in cats that has exhibited immunoreactivity, as identified by Western blot analysis, against several proteases in the affinity-purified midgut protease preparation. The cat anti-flea protease antiserum also reduced proteolytic activity of an affinity purified midgut protease preparation by about 20%, using the same assay as described for analyzing the rabbit antiserum.

EXAMPLE 15

This Example demonstrates that flea larvae have predominantly serine-type proteases.

Newly hatched flea larvae were raised in colony rearing dishes and fed on larval rearing media containing dried bovine blood using standard techniques. About 300 to 500 larvae were collected at different developmental stages, homogenized by sonication in flea gut dissection buffer (50 mM Tris, 100 mM CaCl₂, pH 8.0) and centrifuged to pellet cell debris. About 25 larval equivalents were incubated with about 2.5 μCi [1,3-³H]-diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) overnight at 4° C. After incubation, about 10 larval equivalents were spotted onto filter paper, precipitated with 10% trichloroacetic acid, and counted in a liquid scintillation counter. Reducing SDS-PAGE was performed on samples comprising about 2.5 larval equivalents, and autoradiography was performed using standard techniques. In addition, adult flea midgut proteases were extracted and ³H-labeled in the same manner and examined by SDS-PAGE and autoradiography. Analysis of the gel indicated that, based on their ability to be labeled with DFP, larval proteases appear to be predominantly serine-type proteases, the production of which appears to be induced by blood feeding as occurs in adults. Blood-fed 3rd instars appeared to have the highest amount of proteolytic activity.

EXAMPLE 16

The Example demonstrates that flea feces has proteolytic activity, that is predominantly due to serine proteases.

Flea feces were collected from fleas fed in flea cages placed on a live cat or in a flea feeding system as described in Example 6 in which the fleas were fed bovine blood. Fresh feces were collected every 9-17 hours, resuspended in water at 150 mg feces/ml, and centrifuged to pellet insoluble material. The soluble fractions were then assayed using two techniques. Western blot analysis was performed on samples subjected to reducing SDS-PAGE, each lane having about 40 μg of protein. Blotted proteins were incubated overnight at 4° C. with 1:500 rabbit anti-flea protease antiserum produced as described in Example 14. Goat anti-rabbit secondary antibody was used at 1:2000 to develop the Western blot. Analysis of the Western blot indicated the presence of serine-type proteases in flea feces. Appearance of such proteases migrating at about 25 to about 30 kD in such a system suggests the presence of full-length serine proteases.

Zymogram analysis was performed by loading approximately 56 μg protein into each lane of the electrophoresis gel in non-reducing sample buffer. After electrophoresis, the zymogram gel was soaked in 2.5% Triton-X-100 to renature the samples and developed at 37° C. in 50 mM Tris, pH 7.6, 200 mM NaCl, 5 mM CaCl₂, 0.02% Brij 35. Coomassie staining the gel revealed clear plaques where active proteases digested the gelatin in the gel matrix. Both of these techniques indicated the presence of serine-type proteases in flea feces.

EXAMPLE 17

This Example demonstrates that fleas that have fed on antibody-containing blood have antibodies in their feces, suggesting an immunological method to eradicate flea larvae, which feed from flea feces.

The ability of antibodies in a blood meal to be taken up by fleas, pass through the midgut and be excreted in the feces was demonstrated in the following manner. A commercially available rabbit antibody against ovalbumin was added at near physiological concentration (i.e., at about 2 mg/ml) to the blood meal of adult fleas in a flea feeding system as described in Example 6. Feces were collected at 24 hr and 48 hr after feeding and rehydrated in phosphate saline buffer. The rehydrated fecal samples were subjected to Western blot analysis and shown to contain rabbit anti-ovalbumin antibodies that were apparently full-length, using a rabbit-specific secondary antibody screen against the Fc region of rabbit antibodies. Supernatants of flea midguts collected at the same time periods showed residual amounts of rabbit anti-ovalbumin antibodies.

In a second experiment, fleas were fed in a similar manner a blood meal containing cat-specific antiserum generated against keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) and feces were collected at 24, 48 and 72 hours post-feeding. The sample collected at 24 hours was divided into halves, with one half rehydrated immediately in PBS while the second half was rehydrated 7 days later. Fecal samples collected at 48 and 72 hours were held for 6 and 5 days, respectively, after collection in desiccated form prior to rehydration. Aliquots of the bloodmeal containing the KLH antiserum fed to the fleas were also sampled at 1 and 2 days. All of the recovered antibodies were reactive against KLH by Western blot analysis, with a pattern or reactivity indistinguishable from the cat anti-KLH serum alone.

These studies demonstrate that antibodies are able to pass through the flea midgut in intact form and are able to maintain their antigen-binding characteristics, thereby supporting the feasibility of an immunological method to target larval development, since flea larvae in their normal habitat feed from flea feces.

EXAMPLE 18

This Example provides additional nucleic acid and deduced amino acid sequences of nucleic acid molecules encoding flea serine protease proteins of the present invention, examples of the isolation of which were described in Example 11.

A. Flea serine protease clone 1 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP1₇₇₉, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:80. Translation of SEQ ID NO:80 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP1₂₃₂, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:81, SEQ ID NO:80 including an apparent stop codon spanning about nucleotides 699 through 701. The N-terminus of the mature form of PfSP1₂₃₂ apparently occurs at about amino acid 17 of SEQ ID NO:81, and a conserved GWG sequence spans about amino acids 132 through 134 of SEQ ID NO:81. PfSP1₂₃₂ apparently also includes SEQ ID NO:7 (a partial amino terminal sequence of a purified serine protease protein, the production of which is described in Example 10). nfSP1₇₇₉ also apparently includes SEQ ID NO:52 and SEQ ID NO:18 and, as such, PfSP1₂₃₂ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:53 and SEQ ID NO:19. A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:81 was most similar in amino acid sequence to an Anopheles gambiae chymotrypsin II and to a kallikrein. As is the case for any of these molecules, variations between sequences may be due to a number of factors, such as but not limited to, sequencing errors or allelic variation.

B. Flea serine protease clone 2 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP2₉₄₄, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:82. Translation of SEQ ID NO:82 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP2₂₅₅, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:83, SEQ ID NO:82 including an apparent stop codon spanning about nucleotides 768 through 770. The N-terminus of the mature form of PfsP2₂₅₅ apparently occurs at about amino acid 23 of SEQ ID NO:81, and a conserved GWG sequence spans about amino acids 148 through 150 of SEQ ID NO:83. PfSP2₂₅₅ apparently also includes SEQ ID NO:5 (a partial amino terminal sequence of a purified serine protease protein, the production of which is described in Example 10). nfSP2₉₄₄ also apparently includes SEQ ID NO:20, and, as such, PfSP2₂₅₅ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:21. A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:83 was most similar in amino acid sequence to a Bombix mori vitellin-degrading protease precursor.

C. Flea serine protease clone 3 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP3₁₇₇, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:22. Translation of SEQ ID NO:22 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP3₅₉, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:23. Flea serine protease protein PfSP3₅₉ includes a conserved GWG sequence that spans about amino acids 1 through 3 of SEQ ID NO:23. A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:23 was most similar in amino acid sequence to a rat trypsinogen.

D. Flea serine protease clone 4 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP4₆₇₂ described in Example 11. Nucleic acid molecule nfSP4₆₇₂ has nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:16, translation of which yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP4₂₂₃, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:16 including an apparent stop codon spanning about nucleotides 670 through 672. As stated above, the N-terminus of the mature form of PfSP4₂₂₃ apparently occurs at about amino acid 5 of SEQ ID NO:17, and a conserved GWG sequence spans about amino acids 124 through 126 of SEQ ID NO:17. PfSP4₂₂₃ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:41 and a sequence that is very similar to SEQ ID NO:45. nfSP4₆₇₂ also apparently includes SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:56 (following nucleotide 141 of SEQ ID NO:56) and SEQ ID NO:74. As such, PfSP4₂₂₃ apparently contains SEQ ID NO:25 and SEQ ID NO:75 as well as a sequence that is very similar to SEQ ID NO:57 (following amino acid 47 of SEQ ID NO:57). A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:17 was most similar in amino acid sequence to an A. gambiae chymotrypsin I precursor.

E. Flea serine protease clone 5 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules: nfSP5₁₅₇, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:84; and nfSP5₂₁₈, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:86. Translation of SEQ ID NO:84 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP5₅₂, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:85. The N-terminus of the mature form of the serine protease protein encoded by flea clone 5 apparently occurs at about amino acid 29 of SEQ ID NO:85. SEQ ID NO:85 apparently includes the first 10 amino acids of SEQ ID NO:2 as well as the first 10 amino acids of SEQ ID NO:6. SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:6 are partial N-terminal sequences of purified serine protease proteins, the production of which are described in Example 10. Translation of SEQ ID NO:86 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP5₇₂, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:87. PfSP5₇₂ includes a conserved GWG sequence spanning about amino acids 14 through 16 of SEQ ID NO:87. nfSP5₂₁₈ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:26, and, as such, PfSP5₇₂ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:27. A BLAST homology search indicated that the protein encoded by flea clone 5 was most similar in amino acid sequence to a Drosophila trypsin eta precursor.

F. Flea serine protease clone 6 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP6₉₃₂, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:88. Translation of SEQ ID NO:88 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP6₂₅₆, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:89, SEQ ID NO:88 including an apparent stop codon spanning nucleotides 770 through 772. The N-terminus of the mature form of PfSP6₂₅₆ apparently occurs at about amino acid 26 of SEQ ID NO:89, and a conserved GWG sequence spans about amino acids 149 through 151 of SEQ ID NO:89. PfSP6₂₅₆ apparently also includes SEQ ID NO:4 (a partial amino terminal sequence of a purified serine protease protein, the production of which is described in Example 10). nfSP6₉₃₂ also apparently includes SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:54 and SEQ ID NO:60 (following about nucleotide 111 of SEQ ID NO:60). As such, PfSP6₂₅₆ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ ID NO:55 and SEQ ID NO:61 (following about amino acid 37 of SEQ ID NO:61). A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:89 was most similar in amino acid sequence to a B. mori vitellin-degrading protease.

G. Flea serine protease clone 7 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP7₈₉₄, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:90. Translation of SEQ ID NO:90 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP7₂₅₅, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:91, SEQ ID NO:90 including an apparent stop codon spanning about nucleotides 766 through 768. The N-terminus of the mature form of PfSP7₂₅₅ apparently occurs at about amino acid 23 of SEQ ID NO:91, and a conserved GWG (in this case GWA) sequence spans about amino acids 152 through 154 of SEQ ID NO:91. PfSP7₂₅₅ apparently also includes SEQ ID NO:44. nfSP7₈₉₄ also apparently includes SEQ ID NO:30 and SEQ ID NO:62. As such, PfSP7₂₅₅ apparently includes SEQ ID NO: 31 and SEQ ID NO: 63. A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:91 was most similar in amino acid sequence to a hornet chymotrypsin II and to collagenase.

H. Flea serine protease clone 8 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP8₂₉₉, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:92. Translation of SEQ ID NO:92 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP8_(99,) the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:93. PfSP8₉₉ includes a conserved GWG sequence that spans about amino acids 31 through 33 of SEQ ID NO:93. nfSP8₂₉₉ also apparently includes SEQ ID NO:32, and, as such, PfSP8₉₉ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:33. A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:93 was most similar in amino acid sequence to a Tachypleus tridentatus coagulation factor B.

I. Flea serine protease clone 9 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP9₂₆₆, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:94. Translation of SEQ ID NO:94 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP9₈₈, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:95. PfSP9₈₈ includes a conserved GWG sequence that spans amino acids about 33 through 35 of SEQ ID NO:95. nfSP9₂₆₆ also apparently includes SEQ ID NO:34, and, as such, PfSP9₈₈ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:35. A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:95 was most similar in amino acid sequence to an A. gambiae trypsin 2 precursor.

J. Flea serine protease clone 10 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP10₃₇₈, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:96. Translation of SEQ ID NO:96 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP10₁₂₆, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:97. PfSP10₁₂₆ includes a conserved GWG sequence that spans about amino acids 63 through 65 of SEQ ID NO:97. nfSP10₃₇₈ also apparently includes SEQ ID NO:36, and, as such, PfSP10₁₂₆ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:37. A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:97 was most similar in amino acid sequence to an A. gambiae trypsin 1 precursor.

K. Flea serine protease clone 11 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP11₂₅₂, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:98. Translation of SEQ ID NO:98 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP11₈₄, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:99. PfSP11₈₄ includes a conserved GWG sequence that spans about amino acids 23 through 25 of SEQ ID NO:99. nfSP11₂₅₂ also apparently includes SEQ ID NO:38, and, as such, PfSP11₈₄ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:39. A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:99 was most similar in amino acid sequence to a Mus musculus plasminogen precursor.

L. Flea serine protease clone 12 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules: nfSP12₁₄₄, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:64; and nfSP12₂₂₅, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:100. Translation of SEQ ID NO:64 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP12₅₂, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:65. The N-terminus of the mature form of the serine protease protein encoded by flea clone 12 apparently occurs at about amino acid 20 of SEQ ID NO:65. SEQ ID NO:65 apparently includes the first 30 amino acids of SEQ ID NO:40. Translation of SEQ ID NO:100 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP12₆₉, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:101, SEQ ID NO:100 apparently containing a stop codon spanning from about nucleotides 208 through 210. nfSP12₂₂₅ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:76, and, as such, PfSP12₆₉ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:77. A BLAST homology search indicated that the protein encoded by flea clone 12 was most similar in amino acid sequence to an A. gambiae trypsin.

M. Flea serine protease clone 13 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP13₈₅₀, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:102. Translation of SEQ ID NO:102 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP13₂₅₂, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:103, SEQ ID NO:102 including an apparent stop codon spanning about nucleotides 758 through 760. The N-terminus of the mature form of PfSP13₂₅₂ apparently occurs at about amino acid 28 of SEQ ID NO:103, and a conserved GWG sequence spans about amino acids 137 through 139 of SEQ ID NO:103. PfSP13₂₅₂ apparently also includes SEQ ID NO:1 (a partial amino terminal sequence of a purified serine protease protein, the production of which is described in Example 10) and SEQ ID NO:42. nfSP13₈₅₀ also apparently includes SEQ ID NO:66 and SEQ ID NO:78 and, as such, PfSP13₂₅₂ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:67 and SEQ ID NO:79. A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:103 was most similar in amino acid sequence to an A. gambiae chymotrypsin.

N. Flea serine protease clone 14 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP14₂₁₃, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:68. Translation of SEQ ID NO:68 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP14₇₁, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:69. The N-terminus of the mature form of the serine protease protein encoded by flea clone 12 apparently occurs at about amino acid 29 of SEQ ID NO:69. SEQ ID NO:69 apparently includes the first 13 amino acids of SEQ ID NO:43. A BLAST homology search indicated that the protein encoded by SEQ ID NO:69 was most similar in amino acid sequence to an A. gambiae trypsin.

O. Flea serine protease clone 15 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP15₂₅₂, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:104. Translation of SEQ ID NO:104 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP15₈₄, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:105. The N-terminus of the mature form of the serine protease protein encoded by flea clone 15 apparently occurs at about amino acid 28 of SEQ ID NO:105. SEQ ID NO:105 apparently includes SEQ ID NO:46. nfSP15₂₅₂ also apparently includes SEQ ID NO:70, and, as such, PfSP15₈₄ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:71. A BLAST homology search indicated that the protein encoded by SEQ ID NO:105 was most similar in amino acid sequence to an A. gambiae trypsin.

P. Flea serine protease clone 16 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP16₁₆₈, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:72. Translation of SEQ ID NO:72 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP16₅₆, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:73. The N-terminus of the mature form of the serine protease protein encoded by flea clone 16 apparently occurs at about amino acid 26 of SEQ ID NO:73. SEQ ID NO:73 apparently includes SEQ ID NO:47. A BLAST homology search indicated that the protein encoded by SEQ ID NO:73 was most similar in amino acid sequence to an acrosin.

Q. Flea serine protease clone 18 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP18₅₃₄, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:106. Translation of SEQ ID NO:106 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP18₁₇₈, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:107. The N-terminus of the mature form of PfSP18₁₇₈ apparently occurs at about amino acid 284 of SEQ ID NO:107, and a conserved GWG sequence spans about amino acids 126 through 128 of SEQ ID NO:107. A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:107 was most similar in amino acid sequence to a chymotrypsin.

R. Flea serine protease clone 19 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP19₃₅₉, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:108. Translation of SEQ ID NO:108 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP19₁₁₉, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:109. A conserved GWG sequence spans about amino acids 69 through 71 of SEQ ID NO:109. A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:109 was most similar in amino acid sequence to bovine duodenase I.

S. Flea serine protease clone 20 was determined to comprise flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP20₈₄₁, the nucleic acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:110. Translation of SEQ ID NO:110 yielded a predicted serine protease protein referred to herein as PfSP20₂₄₈, the amino acid sequence of which is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:111, SEQ ID NO:110 including an apparent stop codon spanning about nucleotides 746 through 748. The N-terminus of the mature form of PfSP20₂₄₈ apparently occurs at about amino acid 27 of SEQ ID NO:111, and a conserved GWG sequence spans about amino acids 147 through 149 of SEQ ID NO:111. PfSP20₂₄₈ apparently also includes SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:6 (partial amino terminal sequences of purified serine protease proteins, the production of which is described in Example 10). nfSP20₈₄₁ also apparently includes SEQ ID NO:58, and, as such, PfSP20₂₄₈ apparently includes SEQ ID NO:59. A BLAST homology search indicated that SEQ ID NO:111 was most similar in amino acid sequence to a trypsin.

EXAMPLE 19

This Example provides additional nucleic acid and deduced amino acid sequences of nucleic acid molecules encoding flea aminopeptidase proteins of the present invention.

The nucleic acid sequence of the remainder of flea aminopeptidase nucleic acid molecule nfAP₉₀₀ was determined and used to design primers to use in combination with a vector primer (i.e., M13 universal primer) to PCR amplify the 3′ terminal fragment of the flea aminopeptidase coding region from a whole fed flea cDNA expression library using methods as described in Example 13. The PCR product was subjected to DNA sequencing analysis, and a composite sequence representing a close to full-length flea aminopeptidase coding region was deduced. The nucleic acid sequence of the composite nucleic acid molecule, referred to herein as nfAP₁₅₈₀, is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:112. The primer used to obtain the 3′ terminal fragment spans from about nucleotide 849 through 877 of SEQ ID NO:112. A probe spanning from about nucleotide 918 through 938 of SEQ ID NO:112 was used to verify that the 3′ terminal fragment was a flea aminopeptidase nucleic acid molecule. The flea aminopeptidase gene-containing sequence of the 3′ terminal fragment, referred to herein as nfAP₇₃₂, spans from about nucleotide 849 through 1580 of SEQ ID NO:112.

Translation of SEQ ID NO:112 yielded a deduced flea aminopeptidase protein of about 496 amino acids, denoted herein as PfAP₄₉₆, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:113. The deduced mature flea aminopeptidase is about 48% identical to mature bovine leucine aminopeptidase. The corresponding bovine and flea nucleic acid sequences are about 33% identical.

EXAMPLE 20

This Example demonstrates the production of certain flea serine protease proteins of the present invention.

A. Flea serine protease protein PfSP1₂₁₆ was produced in the following manner. An about 670-bp DNA fragment, referred to herein as nfSP1₆₇₀ and designed to encode an apparently mature serine protease protein, was PCR amplified from flea serine protease clone 1 using the XhoI-site containing primers F1 sense 5′ GAGCTCTCGAGAGTTGTTGGAGGACTGGAAGC 3′ (SEQ ID NO:114) and F1 antisense 5′ GGACCTCGAGAATTAGTTATTTTCCATGGTC 3′ (SEQ ID NO:115). The PCR product nfSP1₆₇₀ was digested with XhoI restriction endonuclease, gel purified and subcloned into expression vector pTrcHisB (available from InVitrogen) that had been digested with XhoI and dephosphorylated. The resultant recombinant molecule, referred to herein as pHis-nfSP1₆₇₀, was transformed into E. coli HB101 competent cells (available from Gibco BRL, Gaithersburg, Md.) to form recombinant cell E. coli:pHis-nfSP1₆₇₀. The recombinant cell was cultured in enriched bacterial growth medium containing 0.1 mg/ml ampicillin and 0.1% glucose at about 32° C. When the cells reached an OD600 of about 0.4-0.5, expression of nfSP1₆₇₀ was induced by the addition of 0.5 mM isopropyl-B-D-thiogalactoside (IPTG), and the cells were cultured for about 2 hours at about 32° C. Immunoblot analysis of recombinant cell E. coli:pHis-nfSP1₆₇₀ lysates using a T7 tag monoclonal antibody (available from Novagen, Inc., Madison, Wis.) directed against the fusion portion of the recombinant PHIS-PfSP1₂₁₆ fusion protein identified a protein of the appropriate size, namely an about 29 kD protein.

B. Flea serine protease protein PfSP2₂₃₃ was produced in the following manner. An about 715-bp DNA fragment, referred to herein as nfSP2₇₁₅ and designed to encode an apparently mature serine protease protein, was PCR amplified from flea serine protease clone 2 using the XhoI-site containing primers F2 sense 5′ GAGCTCTCGAGCATCGTCGGCGGCACCAGTG 3′ (SEQ ID NO:116) and F2 antisense 5′ GGACGAATTCTTAAAGACCAGTTTTTTTGCG 3′ (SEQ ID NO:117). The PCR product nfSP2₇₁₅ was digested with XhoI restriction endonuclease, gel purified and subcloned into expression vector pTrcHisB (available from InVitrogen) that had been digested with XhoI and dephosphorylated. The resultant recombinant molecule, referred to herein as pHis-nfSP2₇₁₅, was transformed into E. coli HB101 competent cells (available from Gibco BRL) to form recombinant cell E. coli:pHis-nfSP2₇₁₅. The recombinant cell was cultured as described in Example 20A. Immunoblot analysis of recombinant cell E. coli:pHis-nfSP2₇₁₅ lysates using a T7 tag monoclonal antibody (available from Novagen, Inc.) directed against the fusion portion of the recombinant PHIS-PfSP2₂₃₃ fusion protein identified a protein of the appropriate size, namely an about 35-kD protein.

C. Flea serine protease protein PfSP13₂₂₅ was produced in the following manner. An about 700-bp DNA fragment, referred to herein as nfSP13₇₀₀ and designed to encode an apparently mature serine protease protein, was PCR amplified from flea serine protease clone 13 using the XhoI-site containing primers F13 sense 5′ GAGCTCTCGAGTATCATCGGAGGTGAAGTTGC 3′ (SEQ ID NO:118) and F13 antisense 5′ GGACCTCGAGAATTATGCGCCGTCATTTGC 3′ (SEQ ID NO:119). The PCR product nfSP13₇₀₀ was digested with XhoI restriction endonuclease, gel purified and subcloned into expression vector pTrcHisB (available from InVitrogen) that had been digested with XhoI and dephosphorylated. The resultant recombinant molecule, referred to herein as pHis-nfSP13₇₀₀, was transformed into E. coli HB101 competent cells (available from Gibco BRL) to form recombinant cell E. coli:pHis-nfSP13₇₀₀. The recombinant cell was cultured as described in Example 20A. Immunoblot analysis of recombinant cell E. coli: pHis-nfSP13₇₀₀ lysates using a T7 tag monoclonal antibody (available from Novagen, Inc.) directed against the fusion portion of the recombinant PHIS-PfSP13₂₂₅ fusion protein identified a protein of the appropriate size, namely an about 33-kD protein.

EXAMPLE 21

This Example demonstrates the temporal induction of serine proteases in fleas feeding on cats.

Fleas contained in chambers similar to those used for in vitro feeding experiments were placed on cats and were allowed to feed for various periods of time. Upon removal from the cats, soluble extracts of flea midgut tissues were prepared as described herein. Proteases contained within the extracts were quantitated by labeling the extracts with [1,3-³H]DFP using a method similar to that described in Borovsky et al, 1988, Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 7, 187-210. The labeled samples either (a) were precipitated and the radioactivity in the precipitate quantitated or (b) were applied to SDS-PAGE and exposed by autoradiography.

Data generated from counting samples are shown in FIG. 10, which plots [³H]-DFP in counts per minute (cpm) per 10 flea midguts versus hours of flea feeding on cats. Also shown in FIG. 10 for comparison is a plot of the number of eggs laid per female flea per day for chamber-contained fleas feeding on cats for 1, 2, 3 and 4 days, respectively. These results suggest that DFP-labeled proteases (i.e., predominantly serine proteases) are induced in fleas in response to feeding. Induction is quite rapid once feeding begins and, unlike in mosquitos, is sustained over time. The results also suggest a positive correlation between flea protease activity and fecundity.

In order to obtain a profile of the sizes of DFP-labeled proteases temporally induced in fleas during feeding, samples were applied to SDS-PAGE and autoradiographed. FIG. 11 indicates protein molecular weight standards and samples of soluble flea midgut extracts obtained from fleas having fed for various times on cats (i.e., at, respectively, 3, 8, 15, 18, 24, 30, 34, 40, 44, 48, 52, 58, 68, 72, 78 and 88 hours of feeding). Analysis of the results indicates that primarily proteases migrating with a molecular weight of about 25-35 kD are induced in a flea relatively soon after the flea has begun feeding (i.e., at least within about 3 to about 8 hours). The amount of such proteases increases over time for about the first 2 days. Over time, several intensely labeled bands of lower molecular weight (primarily in the range of about 12-15 kD) also appear that may be representative of proteases having undergone degradation.

EXAMPLE 22

This example describes the determination of internal amino acid sequence of a flea aminopeptidase.

About 10,200 cat blood-fed flea guts were dissected into 4 ml Gut Dissection Buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0 and 100 mM CaCl₂). Flea gut extracts were prepared by sonicating the flea guts and centrifuging them at about 14,000 rpm for about 20 minutes. The resulting pellet was washed and briefly sonicated in 2 ml Gut Dissection Buffer and centrifuged again at about 14,000 rpm for about 20 minutes. The resulting pellet was resuspended and sonicated in 4 ml buffer comprising 20 mM NaAc, pH 6.0, 0.1% Brij, complete protease inhibitor cocktail (available from Pierce) and 0.25 mM bestatin; the sonicate was centrifuged at about 14,000 rpm for about 20 minutes. Both the pellet and supernatant were recovered. The pellet was re-sonicated and centrifuged as above, and the resulting supernatant was combined with the original supernatant.

The pooled supernatant was applied to a polyCAT cation exchange HPLC column and protein was eluted with a NaCl gradient ranging from 0M to 1M NaCl in 20 mM NaAc, pH 6.0. Fractions collected from the column were assayed by H-Leu-AMC fluorescence, and active fractions were pooled and applied to a C-1 reverse phase HPLC column (TMS 250, Toso Hass). Proteins were eluted from the column using an acetonitrile gradient in 0.1% TFA in water, the gradient ranging between 20% and 100% acetonitrile. Proteins contained in fractions from the column were analyzed by SDS-PAGE gel electrophoresis and silver staining. The results of the gel electrophoresis indicated the presence of an about 95 kDa protein in some of the fractions. This protein correlates with the about 95 kDa protein described in Example 12 which was identified using membrane pellet from flea midgut lysates.

To determine internal amino acid sequence of the 95 kDa protein, those fractions containing the 95 kDa protein were pooled, dried and digested with BNPS-Skatole for about 72 hours at room temperature. The BNPS-Skatole digest was separated by 18% Tris-glycine PAGE gel electrophoresis and blotted onto PVDF membrane. A major band of about 28 kDa was cut out and N-terminally sequenced using techniques as described in Example 7. A partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of the internal peptide was obtained, namely LATTQFQATHARSAFPCFDEPAM (denoted herein SEQ ID NO:167).

EXAMPLE 23

This example describes the cloning and sequencing of another flea aminopeptidase nucleic acid molecule.

Primer APN3 corresponding to a conserved region in Manduca sexta and rat aminopeptidases, having nucleic acid sequence 5′ CCC AAA TTT TCC ATW GCN CCN GC 3′ (N indicating any nucleotide; represented herein as SEQ ID NO:166) was used in combination with primer M13 Reverse primer (SEQ ID NO:13) to PCR amplify a portion of a flea aminopeptidase gene from a bovine blood-fed whole flea cDNA expression library as described above in Example 8. The resulting product of the PCR amplification was diluted about 1:50 and used as a template in a second, semi-nested PCR amplification using a primer APN3 in combination with degenerate primer APN1C, designed using SEQ ID NO:167 (described in Example 22), having nucleic acid sequence 5′ CAA TTY CAA GCT ACY CAT GC 3′ (represented herein as SEQ ID NO:168). The resulting PCR product, named nfAP2₃₈₃, was approximately 383-bp when visualized on a 1% agarose gel. The PCR product nfAP2₃₈₃ was gel purified and cloned into the TA Vector® System, and subjected to standard DNA sequencing techniques. The nucleotide sequence of nfAP2₃₈₃ is denoted SEQ ID NO:169. Translation of SEQ ID NO:169 yielded a deduced flea aminopeptidase protein of about 127 amino acids, denoted herein as PfAP2₁₂₇, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:170.

The PCR product nfAP2₃₈₃ was labelled with ³²P and used as a probe to screen a bovine blood-fed whole flea phage expression library using standard hybridization techniques. A single plague purified clone was isolated, which included a 2100-nucleotide insert, referred to herein as nfAP2₂₁₀₀. Partial nucleic acid sequence was obtained using standard techniques from the 5′ end of nfAP2₂₁₀₀, to yield a flea aminopeptidase nucleic acid molecule named nfAP2₅₃₇ having nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:171. Translation of SEQ ID NO:171 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfAP2₅₃₇ encodes a non-full-length flea aminopeptidase protein of about 178 amino acids, referred to herein as PfAP₁₇₈, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:172, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 2 through about nucleotide 4 of SEQ ID NO:171. SEQ ID NO:172 contains SEQ ID NO:167.

Flea aminopeptidase nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:171 was compared with additional nucleic acid sequences characterized from other organisms. The nucleic acid sequence is about 50% identical to Manduca sexta aminopeptidase N nucleotides between corresponding regions of the two nucleic acid molecules.

EXAMPLE 24

This example describes the cloning and sequencing of a flea cysteine protease nucleic acid molecule.

A flea cysteine protease nucleic acid molecule, referred to herein as nfCP1₅₇₃ was produced by PCR amplification using the following method. Primer Cal3F (designed to obtain a calreticulin gene), having nucleic acid sequence 5′ TTG GGA TAC ACT TTG ACT GTT AAC C 3′, represented herein as SEQ ID NO:173 was used in combination with the M13 universal primer, to PCR amplify, using standard techniques, a DNA fragment from a bovine blood-fed whole flea cDNA expression library as described above in Example 8. Surprisingly, the isolated DNA fragment correlated with a cysteine protease nucleic acid sequence. Sequence from this DNA fragment was used to design primer Cys1R, having the nucleic acid sequence 5′ GTG AGC AAC CAT TAT TTC CAT ATC 3′, represented herein as SEQ ID NO:174, which was used in a second PCR amplification in combination with the M13 reverse primer. A third PCR amplification was performed using primer Cys1F, having the nucleic acid sequence 5′ CTT TCC TCA CAA TAC CAC CAA GGA AGC 3′, represented herein as SEQ ID NO:176, in combination with the M13 universal primer. A fourth PCR amplification was performed using primer Cys2F, having the nucleic acid sequence 5′ CTT GTA CGA TTG TCT CAA CAG GC 3′, represented herein as SEQ ID NO:175, in combination with the M13 universal primer. The resulting PCR products were each gel purified and cloned into the TA Vector® System, and subjected to standard DNA sequencing techniques. A composite nucleic acid sequence representing a flea cysteine protease coding region was deduced, referred to herein as nfCP1₅₇₃, was deduced and is denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:177. Translation of SEQ ID NO:177 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfCP1₅₇₃ encodes a non-full-length flea cysteine protease protein of about 191 amino acids, referred to herein as PfCP1₁₉₁, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:178, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:177.

The nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of the nfCP1₅₇₃ nucleic acid molecule and PfCP1₁₉₁ protein, respectively, were compared to known nucleic acid and amino acid sequences using a Genbank homology search. SEQ ID NO:178 was found to be similar to the amino acid sequence of P. sativum cysteine protease. The most highly conserved region of continuous similarity between SEQ ID NO:178 and P. sativum cysteine protease amino acid sequences spans from about amino acid 71 through about amino acid 165 of SEQ ID NO:178 and from about amino acid 17 through about amino acid 168 of the P. sativum cysteine protease, there being about 42% identity between the two regions. Comparison of the nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acids from about 205 through about 492 of nfCP1₅₇₃ indicate that those regions are about 54% identical.

EXAMPLE 25

This example describes the cloning and sequencing of certain flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules.

Additional serine protease cDNA nucleic acid molecules have been isolated in a manner similar to that described in Example 8. The actual primers used in PCR amplification of serine protease nucleic acid molecules from a bovine blood-fed flea cDNA expression library (produced as described in Example 8) included cat-try #2 (SEQ ID NO:12) in combination with either M13 reverse primer (SEQ ID NO:13) or H57 primer (SEQ ID NO:15). The resultant PCR products were gel purified and cloned into the TA Vector™. Two recombinant TA vector clones were isolated and found to correspond to previously cloned serine protease genes. These newly cloned nucleic acid molecules were subjected to nucleic acid sequencing using the Sanger dideoxy chain termination method, as described in Sambrook et al., ibid.

A. A nucleic acid sequence of the flea serine protease nucleic molecule corresponding to flea clone 5 (produced using primers cat try #2 and M13 reverse), namely nfSP5₈₀₆ is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:120. SEQ ID NO: 84 and SEQ ID NO:86 are both contained within the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule nfSP5₈₀₆. Translation of SEQ ID NO:120 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP5₈₀₆ encodes a close to full-length flea serine protease protein of about 245 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP5₂₄₅, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:121, assuming an open reading frame in which the first codon spans from about nucleotide 2 through about nucleotide 4 of SEQ ID NO:120 and a stop codon spanning from about nucleotide 737 through about nucleotide 739 of SEQ ID NO:120. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:120 and a Gallus gallus trypsin gene, there being about 52% identity between corresponding regions of the two nucleic acid molecules.

B. A nucleic acid sequence of the flea serine protease nucleic molecule corresponding to flea clone 11 (produced using primers cat try #2 and M13 reverse), namely nfSP11₃₀₇, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:124. SEQ ID NO:38 and SEQ ID NO:98 are within the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule nfSP11₃₀₇. Translation of SEQ ID NO:124 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP11₃₀₇ encodes a non-full-length flea serine protease protein of about 102 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP11₁₀₂, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:125, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:124.

C. A nucleic acid sequence of the flea serine protease nucleic molecule corresponding to flea clone 39 (produced using primers cat try #2 and H57), namely nfSP39₂₆₇, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:164. Translation of SEQ ID NO:164 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP39₂₆₇ encodes a non-full-length flea serine protease protein of about 90 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP39₈₉, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:165, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:164.

EXAMPLE 26

This example describes the cloning and sequencing of certain flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules.

A. Bovine Blood-Fed Library

Certain flea serine protease cDNA nucleic acid molecules have been isolated in a manner similar to that described in Example 8, using two nucleic acid molecules as probes to screen a bovine blood-fed flea cDNA expression library (produced as described in Example 8), cat-try #1 (SEQ ID NO:11) and cat-try #2 (SEQ ID NO:12). Two clones that hybridized strongly to the probes were isolated and subjected to nucleic acid sequencing using the Sanger dideoxy chain termination method, as described in Sambrook et al., ibid.

1. The nucleic acid sequence of a flea serine protease nucleic molecule correlating to flea clone 8, namely nfSP8₄₃₆ is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:122. SEQ ID NO:92 is within the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule nfSP8₄₃₆. Translation of SEQ ID NO:122 yields a protein of about 145 amino acids, denoted PfSP8₁₄₅, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:123, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 2 through about nucleotide 4 of SEQ ID NO:122. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:122 and an Anopheles gambiae trypsin precursor gene, there being about 48% identity between corresponding regions of the two nucleic acid molecules.

2. The nucleic acid sequence of a flea serine protease nucleic molecule corresponding to flea clone 12, namely nfSP12₇₅₈ is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:126. SEQ ID NO:64 and SEQ ID NO:100 are both contained within the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule nfSP12₇₅₈. Translation of SEQ ID NO:126 yields a protein of about 246 amino acids, denoted PfSP12₂₄₆, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:127, assuming an open reading frame in which the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:126 and a stop codon spanning from about nucleotide 739 through about nucleotide 741 of SEQ ID NO:127. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:126 and a rat trypsinogen gene, there being about 57% identity between corresponding regions of the two nucleic acid molecules.

B. Cat Blood-Fed Library

Certain flea serine protease cDNA genes have been isolated from a cat blood-fed flea cDNA expression library by screening the library with the cat-try #1 (SEQ ID NO:11) and cat-try #2 (SEQ ID NO:12) probes. The cat blood-fed flea library was produced in a similar manner as the bovine blood-fed flea library (described in Example 8) except the fleas were fed on cat blood. Two clones that hybridized strongly to the probes were isolated and subjected to nucleic acid sequencing using methods described above.

1. The nucleic acid sequence of one of the flea serine protease nucleic molecules, namely nfSP26₆₁₀ is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:140. Translation of SEQ ID NO:140 yields a non-full-length sequence of about 185 amino acids, denoted PfSP26₁₈₅, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:141, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:140. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:141 and a Aedes aegypti trypsin protein sequence, there being about 48% identity between corresponding regions of the two amino acid sequences.

2. The nucleic acid sequence of a flea serine protease nucleic molecule, namely nfSP27₃₈₆ is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:142. Translation of SEQ ID NO:142 yields a protein of about 128 amino acids, denoted PfSP27₁₂₈, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:143, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:142.

EXAMPLE 27

This example describes the cloning and sequencing of certain flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules.

Certain serine protease cDNA nucleic acid molecules have been isolated from reverse transcriptase PCR amplification of mRNA isolated from cat blood-fed whole fleas. The mRNA was isolated from fleas gathered over 72 hours after the initiation of feeding on cat blood. As such, the mRNA comprised a mixture of mRNA isolated at different time points over 72 hours. The mRNA was isolated using ground-up fleas, extracting total flea RNA using Tri-Reagent (available from Molecular Research Center, Cincinnati, Ohio) and an Invitrogen Fast Track™ RNA isolation kit (available from Invitrogen, Inc. San Diego, Calif.). cDNA was synthesized using a Stratagene RT-PCR kit (available from Stratagene, Inc, San Diego, Calif.). Primers used for first-strand cDNA synthesis included an equal molar mixture of the following: 5′ dT-2VT3′ and 5′ dT-2VC3′ (as provided in a differential display kit, available from Operon Technologies, Inc. Alameda, Calif.).

The actual primers used in the PCR amplification of the cDNA described above included cat-try #2 (SEQ ID NO:12) used in combination with H57 primer (SEQ ID NO:15). The resultant PCR products were gel purified and cloned into the TA Vector™. Six recombinant TA vector clones were isolated and the nucleic acid molecules were subjected to nucleic acid sequencing using analysis as described above.

A. A nucleic acid sequence of one of the flea serine protease nucleic molecules, namely nfSP23₄₂₃, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:134. Translation of SEQ ID NO:134 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP23₄₂₃ encodes a non-full-length flea serine protease protein of about 141 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP23₁₄₁, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:135, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:134. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:134 and a Homo sapiens plasminogen precursor gene, there being about 51% identity between corresponding regions of the two nucleic acid molecules.

B. Another nucleic acid sequence of a flea serine protease nucleic molecule, namely nfSP24₄₁₀, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:136. Translation of SEQ ID NO:136 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP24₄₁₀ encodes a non-full-length flea serine protease protein of about 136 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP24₁₃₆, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:137, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:136. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:137 and an Anopheles gambiae chymotrypsin protein sequence, there being about 38% identity between corresponding regions of the two amino acid sequences.

C. Another nucleic acid sequence of a flea serine protease nucleic molecule, namely nfSP33₄₂₆, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:154. Translation of SEQ ID NO:154 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP33₄₂₆ encodes a non-full-length flea serine protease protein of about 142 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP33₁₄₂, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:155, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:154. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:155 and a Drosophila serine protease stubble protein sequence, there being about 45% identity between corresponding regions of the two amino acid sequences.

D. Another nucleic acid sequence of one of the flea serine protease nucleic molecule, namely nfSP36₁₉₇, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:158. SEQ ID NO:158 represents a partial sequence of a PCR amplified nucleic acid molecule nfSP36₅₀₀. Translation of SEQ ID NO:158 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP36₁₉₇ encodes a non-full-length flea serine protease protein of about 65 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP36₆₅, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:159, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:158. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:159 and a Drosophila melanogaster easter protein sequence, there being about 42% identity between corresponding regions of the two amino acid sequences.

E. Another nucleic acid sequence of a flea serine protease nucleic molecule, namely nfSP38₃₄₁, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:162. Translation of SEQ ID NO:162 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP38₃₄₁ encodes a non-full-length flea serine protease protein of about 113 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP38₁₁₃, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:163, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 3 through about nucleotide 5 of SEQ ID NO:162. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:163 and a rat trypsinogen protein sequence, there being about 30% identity between corresponding regions of the two amino acid sequences.

F. A nucleic acid sequence of one of the flea serine protease nucleic molecules, namely nfSP34₃₉₀, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:156. Translation of SEQ ID NO:156 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP4₃₉₀ encodes a non-full-length flea serine protease protein of about 130 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP34₁₃₀, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:157, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:156. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:157 and a Drosophila melanogaster Delta precursor protein sequence, there being about 33% identity between corresponding regions of the two amino acid sequences.

EXAMPLE 28

This example describes the cloning and sequencing of a flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule.

A serine protease cDNA nucleic acid molecule was isolated in a manner similar to that described in Example 8. The actual primers used in PCR amplification of the serine protease nucleic acid molecule from a cat blood-fed whole flea cDNA expression library (produced as described in Example 26) included cat-try #2 (SEQ ID NO:12) in combination with M13 reverse primer (SEQ ID NO:13). The resulting PCR product was diluted 1:25 and used as a template in a second PCR reaction using the forward vector primer T3 (SEQ ID NO:15) in combination with the reverse primer (derived from the nucleic acid sequence of nfSP33₇₇₈, described in Example 27) having the nucleic acid sequence 5′ ATT CCT CGT GGT TCA GTC GCT C 3′, represented herein as SEQ ID NO:188. The resultant PCR product was gel purified and cloned into the TA Vector™. The clones were subjected to nucleic acid sequencing as described above.

A nucleic acid sequence of a flea serine protease nucleic molecule, namely nfSP33₇₇₈ is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:189. As expected, SEQ ID NO:189 includes a portion of SEQ ID NO: 154 Translation of SEQ ID NO:189 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP33₇₇₈ encodes a non-full-length flea serine protease protein of about 259 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP33₂₅₉, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:190, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 2 through about nucleotide 4 of SEQ ID NO:189. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:189 and a Drosophila serine protease stubble gene, there being about 54% identity between nucleotides 23-778 of SEQ ID NO:189 and nucleotides 2324-3064 of the Drosophila serine protease stubble gene.

EXAMPLE 29

This example describes the cloning and sequencing of another flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule.

Using the method described in Example 26, a cDNA clone of a flea serine protease was obtained using mRNA isolated from bovine blood-fed whole fleas. The resulting cDNA was used as a template in PCR amplification using the primers cat-try #2 (SEQ ID NO:12) used in combination with H57 primer (SEQ ID NO:15). The resultant PCR products were gel purified and cloned into the TA Vector™. One recombinant TA vector clone was isolated and the flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule and denoted nFS37₅₀₀ was subjected to nucleic acid sequencing as described in Sambrook et al., ibid.

The nucleic acid sequence of part of the flea serine protease nucleic molecule nFS37₅₀₀, namely nfSP37₂₆₁, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:160. Translation of SEQ ID NO:160 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP37₂₆₁ encodes a non-full-length sequence of a flea serine protease protein of about 87 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP37₈₇, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:161, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:160. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:161 and a chicken trypsinogen protein sequence, there being about 31% identity between corresponding regions of the two amino acid sequences.

EXAMPLE 30

This example describes the cloning and sequencing of certain larval flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules.

Certain serine protease cDNA nucleic acid molecules have been isolated from a mixed instar larval cDNA library produced using 1st, 2nd and 3rd instar larvae fed on cat blood, by PCR amplification. The actual primers used in the PCR amplification included either cat-try #2 (SEQ ID NO:12) in combination with either H57 primer (SEQ ID NO:15) or M13 reverse primer (SEQ ID NO:13). The resultant PCR products were gel purified and cloned into the TA Vector™. Three recombinant TA vector clones were isolated containing PCR products using cat-try #2 and M13 reverse as primers and one clone was isolated containing PCR products using cat-try #2 and H57 primers. These newly cloned nucleic acid molecules were subjected to nucleic acid sequencing as described above.

A. A nucleic acid sequence of one of the larval flea serine protease nucleic molecules isolated using cat-try #2 and M13 reverse primers, namely nfSP29₆₁₂ is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:146. Translation of SEQ ID NO:146 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP29₆₁₂ encodes a close to full-length flea serine protease protein of about 204 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP29₂₀₄, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:147, assuming an open reading frame in which the first codon spans from about nucleotide 10 through about nucleotide 12 of SEQ ID NO:146. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:146 and a rat trypsinogen gene, there being about 50% identity between corresponding regions of the two nucleic acid molecules.

B. Another nucleic acid sequence of one of the larval flea serine protease nucleic molecules isolated using cat-try #2 and M13 reverse primers, namely nfSP30₆₄₁, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:148. Translation of SEQ ID NO:148 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP30₆₄₁ encodes a non-full-length flea serine protease protein of about 213 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP30₂₁₃, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:149, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 3 through about nucleotide 5 of SEQ ID NO:148. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:148 and a Anopheles gambiae trypsin gene, there being about 52% identity between corresponding regions of the two nucleic acid molecules.

C. Another nucleic acid sequence of one of the larval flea serine protease nucleic molecules isolated using cat-try #2 and M13 reverse primers, namely nfSP31₆₂₆, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:150. Translation of SEQ ID NO:150 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP31₆₂₆ encodes a non-full-length flea serine protease protein of about 208 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP31₂₀₈, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:151, a assuming the first residue spans from about nucleotide 3 through about nucleotide 5 or from a putative start codon spanning from about nucleotide 6 to about nucleotide 8 of SEQ ID NO:150. A Genbank homology search revealed homology between SEQ ID NO:150 and an Anopheles gambiae trypsin gene, there being about 52% identity between corresponding regions of the two nucleic acid molecules.

D. Another nucleic acid sequence of one of the larval flea serine protease nucleic molecules isolated using cat-try #2 and H57 primers, namely nfSP32₄₃₃, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:152. Translation of SEQ ID NO:152 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfSP32₄₃₃ encodes a non-full-length flea serine protease protein of about 144 amino acids, referred to herein as PfSP32₁₄₄, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:153, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:152. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:152 and an Anopheles gambiae trypsin gene, there being about 52% identity between corresponding regions of the two nucleic acid molecules.

EXAMPLE 31

This example describes the cloning and sequencing of another flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule.

A bovine blood-fed whole flea cDNA library (prepared as described in Example 8) was immunoscreened with antiserum collected from a rabbit that was immunized with a collection of flea salivary gland products referred to as fspN. Immunoscreening was performed as follows. New Zealand White rabbit antiserum developed against fspN flea saliva products was used in the immunoscreening protocols described in the picoBlue™ Immunoscreening Kit instruction manual, available from Stratagene, Inc. The methods for preparation of the cDNA expression libraries for immunoscreening, i.e., expression of the cDNA clones and procedures for transferring lambda phage plaques to membranes for immunoscreening, are described in the ZAP-cDNA Synthesis Kit instruction manual, also available from Stratagene, Inc., La Jolla, Calif.

A nucleotide sequence for a flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule named nfsp15₈₁₅ is denoted as SEQ ID NO:128 and corresponds to SEQ ID NO:70. Translation of SEQ ID NO:128 suggests that nucleic acid molecule nfsp15₈₁₅ encodes a close to full-length flea serine protease protein of about 254 amino acids, referred to herein as Pfsp15₂₅₄, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:129, assuming an open reading frame in which the first codon spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:128 and a stop codon spanning from about nucleotide 763 through about nucleotide 765 of SEQ ID NO:128. A Genbank homology search revealed homology between SEQ ID NO:128 and an Anopheles gambiae trypsin gene, there being about 52% identity between corresponding regions of the two nucleic acid molecules.

EXAMPLE 32

This example describes the cloning and sequencing of additional flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules.

Certain flea serine protease cDNA nucleic acid molecules have been isolated in a manner similar to that described in Example 8, using two nucleic acid molecules as probes to screen an unfed flea cDNA expression library, nfSP8₂₉₉ (SEQ ID NO:92) and nfSP19₃₅₉ (SEQ ID NO:108). A clone that hybridized strongly to the probes was isolated and subjected to nucleic acid sequencing as described above.

A. The nucleic acid sequence of the flea serine protease nucleic molecule, namely nfSP19₈₅₅, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:130. SEQ ID NO:108 is within the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule nfSP19₈₅₅. Translation of SEQ ID NO:130 yields an apparent full-length protein of about 253 amino acids, denoted PfSP19₂₅₃, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:131, assuming the first codon, an apparent start codon, spans from about nucleotide 1 through about nucleotide 3 of SEQ ID NO:130. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:130 and an Aedes aegypti trypsin, there being about 53% identity between corresponding regions of both nucleic acid molecules.

B. The nucleic acid sequence of another flea serine protease nucleic molecule, namely nfSP25₈₆₄, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:138. Translation of SEQ ID NO:138 yields a protein of about 260 amino acids, denoted PfSP25₂₆₀, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:139, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 2 through about nucleotide 4 of SEQ ID NO:138 and a stop codon spanning from about nucleotide 782 through about nucleotide 784 of SEQ ID NO:139. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:139 and an Anopheles gambiae chymotrypsin protein sequence, there being about 34% identity between corresponding regions of the two amino acid sequences.

EXAMPLE 33

This example describes the cloning and sequencing of another flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule.

A flea serine protease cDNA nucleic acid molecule has been isolated in a manner similar to that described in Example 8, using nfSP11₂₅₂ (SEQ ID NO:98) as a probe to screen an bovine blood-fed flea cDNA expression library (produced as described in Example 8). A clone that hybridized strongly to the probe was isolated and subjected to nucleic acid sequencing using the Sanger dideoxy chain termination method, as described in Sambrook et al., ibid.

The nucleic acid sequence of the flea serine protease nucleic molecule, namely nfSP21₅₉₅, is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:132. Translation of SEQ ID NO:132 yields a protein of about 198 amino acids, denoted PfSP21₁₉₈, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:133, assuming the first codon spans from about nucleotide 2 through about nucleotide 4 of SEQ ID NO:132 and a putative stop codon spanning from about nucleotide 596 to about nucleotide 598. A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO:133 and Tachypleus tridentatus coagulation factor G protein sequence, there being about 45% identity between corresponding regions of the two amino acid sequences.

EXAMPLE 34

This example describes the isolation and characterization of a 31 kD flea serine protease.

Guts from about 1500 fleas that had been fed on cat blood for about 24 hours were dissected in Gut Dissection Buffer (50 mM Tris 8.0, 100 mM CaCl₂). The guts were disrupted by freezing and thawing 4 times, followed by sonication. The resulting extracts were clarified by centrifugation for 20 minutes at 14,000 rpm in a microfuge at 4° C. The supernatant was recovered.

The gut supernatant was loaded onto a 3 ml column comprising p-aminobenzamidine cross-linked to Sepharose beads (Sigma), previously equilibrated in Benzamidine Column Buffer (50 mM Tris 8.0, 100 mM CaCl₂, 400 mM NaCl). The supernatant was incubated on the column for about 10 min. Unbound protein was slowly washed off the column using Benzamidine Column Buffer until no protein was detectable by Bradford Assay (Bio Rad).

Proteases bound to the benzamidine column were then eluted using 10 ml Benzamidine Column Buffer supplemented with 10 mM p-aminobenzamidine (brought to pH 8.0 with NaOH). Proteases in the eluant were concentrated and diafiltered into a volume of about 0.3 ml Gut Dissection Buffer using a Microcon 3 concentrator (Amicon).

About 120 μl of the concentrated eluant was further concentrated to a volume of about 30 μl. Proteases contained in this concentrate were resolved by gel electrophoresis on a 14% Tris-Glycine electrophoresis gel (15 μl per lane=approximately 300 gut equivalents per lane). After electrophoresis, the separated proteases were blotted onto a PVDF membrane using a CAPS buffer (10 mM CAPS pH 11, 0.5 mM DTT) The membrane was stained with Coomassie Brilliant Blue. A dominant protein band of about 31 kDa was visualized. The membrane was then used for automated N-terminal sequencing (described in Example 7). A partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of the flea protease was determined to be IVGGEDVDISTCGWC (denoted SEQ ID NO:179).

EXAMPLE 35

This example describes the isolation and characterization of a 31 kD flea serine protease contained in a formulation having IgGase activity (i.e., ability to proteolyze immunoglobulin G proteins).

Cat blood-fed flea gut extracts were prepared and selected on a benzamidine column as described above in Example 32. IgG protease activity was assayed by incubating at 37° C., overnight, the benzamidine eluent with cat immunoglobulin G proteins (IgG) purified on Protein A sepharose. The ability of the flea gut benzamidine eluant to digest cat IgG was detected by resolving the samples by gel electrophoresis through a 14% SDS-PAGE gel and silver staining the gel using standard methods. The marked decrease (compared with control samples lacking protease activity) of a 50 kDa band on the silver stained gel, representing cat IgG heavy chain, indicated that the benzamidine eluant contains IgG protease activity.

The benzamidine eluant was then purified on a PolyPropylaspartamide hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) column by applying the eluant to the column in buffer containing 0.1 M KPO₄, pH 6.5 and 2 M (NH₄)₂SO₄. Proteases bound to the column were eluted using an ammonium sulfate gradient of 2 M to 0 M in HIC column buffer. Column fractions were tested for IgG protease activity using the method described above. Fractions containing IgG protease activity were pooled and applied to a PolyCat cation exchange column in 20 M sodium acetate, pH 6. The proteins were eluted using a sodium chloride gradient of 0 M to 1 M NaCl in 20 M sodium acetate. Fractions eluted from the column were tested for IgG protease activity and then each fraction was resolved by electrophoresis using SDS-PAGE. Fractions having the highest levels of IgG protease activity included a protein band that migrated at about 31 kDa on the SDS-PAGE gel. Weaker protease activity corresponded to an about 28 kDa band.

The 31 kDa protein present on the SDS-PAGE gel was used for N-terminal amino acid sequencing using the blotting method described above. A partial N-terminal amino acid sequence was determined to be IVGGEDVDIST(C)GWQI(S)FQ(S)ENLHF(C)GG(S)IIAPK (denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:184). A comparison of SEQ ID NO:184 and SEQ ID NO:179 (described in Example 34) indicates a single residue difference between the two amino acid sequences at residue 15 of each sequence (i.e., Q and V, respectively). Since SEQ ID NO:184 correlates with IgGase activity, the data suggests that the larval protein containing SEQ ID NO:179 has IgGase activity.

EXAMPLE 36

This example describes the cloning and sequencing of a 31 kDa flea serine protease contained in a formulation having IgGase activity.

A flea protease nucleic acid molecule was isolated from a cat blood-fed whole flea library (described in Example 23) and a bovine blood-fed whole flea library (described in Example 8) by PCR amplification. The actual primers used in the PCR amplification included FP31A primer designed using the N-terminal amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:179, the primer having the nucleic acid sequence 5′ GAA GAT GTW GAT ATT TCW ACA TGT GG 3′ (SEQ ID NO:185) used in combination with the M13 universal primer. The resultant PCR products were gel purified and cloned into the TA Vector™ and subjected to nucleic acid sequencing as described above.

A FP31B primer (5′ GAA AAT GAA ATC CAC TTA AAC ATT ACG 3′, (represented herein as SEQ ID NO:186) was designed using the DNA sequence of a DNA fragment from a bovine blood-fed cDNA library. A flea protease cDNA nucleic acid molecule was isolated by PCR amplification of the cat blood-fed whole flea library and the bovine blood-fed whole flea library described above by PCR amplification. PCR amplification was performed using the FP31B primer in combination with M13 reverse primer. The resulting PCR products were then diluted 1:25, and used as a template for a second PCR reaction using primer FP31C, having the sequence 5′ CTC TTA TTG TAC GAG GGA TGC 3′ (denoted herein SEQ ID NO:187) in combination with T3 primer (SEQ ID NO:14). The resulting nested PCR product was cloned into TA Vector™ and subjected to DNA sequencing.

The nucleic acid sequence of the resulting flea serine protease nucleic molecule, namely nfSP28₉₂₃ is represented herein as SEQ ID NO:144. Translation of SEQ ID NO:144 yields a protein of about 267 amino acids, denoted PfSP28₂₆₇, having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 145, assuming an open reading frame in which the putative start codon spans from about nucleotide 8 through about nucleotide 10 of SEQ ID NO:144 or from about nucleotide 11 through about nucleotide 13, and a stop codon spanning from about nucleotide 803 through about nucleotide 805 of SEQ ID NO:144. SEQ ID NO:145 contains SEQ ID NO:179 except Q is substituted for C, and SEQ ID NO:184 A Genbank homology search revealed most homology between SEQ ID NO: 144 and Bombix mori vitellin-degrading protease gene, there being about 53% identity between corresponding regions of the two nucleic acid sequences.

EXAMPLE 37

This example describes ³H-DFP labelling of larval serine proteases.

About 100 unfed larvae, 100 1st instar larvae, and 100 3rd Instar larvae were collected in 100 μl Gut Dissection Buffer (50 mM Tris 8.0, 100 mM CaCl₂). About 400 μl of water was added to the collected larvae, which were then sonicated. The sonicates were clarified by centrifugation at 15,000 RPM in an SS-34 rotor for 30 minutes at 4° C. The supernatant from each larval sonicate was recovered and concentrated to a volume of about 120 μl (1.2 μl per larval equivalent).

Samples containing about 25 larval equivalents (about 30 μl) were labeled with about 2.5 μCi of 3H-diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP; obtained from New England Nuclear) and incubated at 4° C. for 18 hours. Following the incubation period, 5 larval equivalents of each larval stage (about 6 μl) were run on a 14% Tris Glycine SDS-PAGE gel. The gel was then soaked in Entensify (obtained from New England Nuclear) to enhance the tritium signal for autoradiography, and dried. The dried gel was then exposed to X-ray film (Kodak Xo-mat) for about 3 days at −70° C.

The results indicate that gut extracts from unfed larvae do not contain detectable amounts of serine proteases (FIG. 12, lane A), while both fed 1st instar larvae (FIG. 12, lane B) and fed 3rd instar larvae (FIG. 12, lane C) produce serine proteases. In particular, fed 1st instar larvae primarily produce a serine protease having a molecular weight of about 25 kD; and fed 3rd instar larvae produce about serine proteases having molecular weights of about 25 kD, 28 kD and 31 kD. The approximate size of standard molecular weight protein markers are shown in FIG. 12.

EXAMPLE 38

This example describes the determination of partial N-terminal amino acid sequences for several larval serine proteases.

About 10,300 3rd Instar larvae were collected in Gut Dissection Buffer (50 mM Tris, pH 8.0, 100 mM CaCl₂). The larvae were homogenized by sonication and clarified by centrifugation at 15,000 rpm in an SS-34 rotor for 30 min., at 4° C. The supernatant was recovered. The 3rd Instar supernatant was mixed with 5 ml of p-aminobenzamidine cross-linked to Sepharose beads (Sigma) equilibrated in Benzamidine Column Buffer (50 mM Tris pH 8.0, 100 mM CaCl₂, 400 mM NaCl). The supernatant was rocked with the beads overnight at 4° C. The beads were washed in about 45 ml Benzamidine Column Buffer to remove unbound protein. The beads were then mixed 2 hours at 4° C. with about 10 ml of Benzamidine Column Buffer containing 100 mM p-aminobenzamidine (pH 8.0 adjusted with NaOH) to elute proteins bound to the beads. The eluted proteins were then collected. The elution process was repeated once more. The eluted protein was concentrated by ultrafiltration with a Centriprep 10 concentrator (Amicon). The concentrate was diluted with Gut Dissection Buffer to a final volume of about 5 ml.

Partial N-terminal amino acid sequence of proteins eluted from the beads was obtained using the method described in Example 32. Two proteins having molecular weights of about 25 kDa and about 26 kDa were identified on the Coomassie Brilliant Blue stained membranes. Partial N-terminal amino acid sequence obtained for the protein having a molecular weight of about 25 kDa is IVGGVSVNINDYGYQLSLQSNGR, denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:181. Partial N-terminal amino acid sequence obtained for the protein having a molecular weight of about 26 kDa is IVGGHDTSIKQHPYQV, denoted herein as SEQ ID NO:180.

EXAMPLE 39

This Example demonstrates the production of certain flea serine protease proteins of the present invention.

A. Flea serine protease protein PfSP1₂₁₆ was in the following manner. Flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP1₆₇₀, produced as described in Example 20, was digested with XhoI restriction endonuclease, gel purified and subcloned into expression vector λP_(R)/T²ori/S10HIS-RSET-A9 (the production of which is described in Tripp et al, International PCT Publication No. WO 95/24198, published Sep. 14, 1995; see, in particular, Example 7), that had been digested with XhoI and dephosphorylated. The resultant recombinant molecule, referred to herein as pHisCro-nfSP1₆₇₀, was transformed into E. coli HB101 competent cells (available from Gibco BRL) to form recombinant cell E. coli:pHisCro-nfSP1₆₇₀. The recombinant cell was cultured as described in Example 20. Flea serine protease protein PfSP1₂₁₆ was purified by nickel chelation chromatography followed by reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Immunoblot analysis of the purified PfSP1₂₁₆ indicated that rabbit anti-flea protease antiserum, produced as described in example 14, selectively bound to PfSP1₂₁₆.

B. Flea serine protease protein PfSP2₂₃₃ was produced in the following manner. Flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP2₇₁₅, produced as described in Example 20, was digested with XhoI restriction endonuclease, gel purified and subcloned into expression vector λP_(R)/T²ori/S10HIS-RSET-A9 as described in Example 39A. The resultant recombinant molecule, referred to herein as pHisCro-nfSP2₇₁₅, was transformed into E. coli HB101 competent cells (available from Gibco BRL) to form recombinant cell E. coli:pHisCro-nfSP2₇₁₅. The recombinant cell was cultured as described in Example 20. Flea serine protease protein PfSP2₂₃₃ was purified by nickel chelation chromatography followed by reverse phase HPLC. Immunoblot analysis of the purified PfSP2₂₃₃ indicated that rabbit anti-flea protease antiserum, produced as described in example 14, selectively bound to PfSP2₂₃₃.

C. Flea serine protease protein PfSP13₂₂₅ was produced in the following manner. Flea serine protease nucleic acid molecule nfSP13₇₀₀, produced as described in Example 20, was digested with XhoI restriction endonuclease, gel purified and subcloned into expression vector λP_(R)/T²ori/S10HIS-RSET-A9 as described in Example 39A. The resultant recombinant molecule, referred to herein as pHisCro-nfSP13₇₀₀, was transformed into E. coli HB101 competent cells (available from Gibco BRL) to form recombinant cell E. coli:pHisCro-nfSP13₇₀₀. The recombinant cell was cultured as described in Example 20. Flea serine protease protein PfSP13₂₂₅ was purified by nickel chelation chromatography followed by reverse phase HPLC. Immunoblot analysis of the purified PfSP13₂₂₅ indicated that rabbit anti-flea protease antiserum, produced as described in example 14, selectively bound to PfSP13₂₂₅.

D. Flea serine protease protein PfSP20₂₂₂ was produced in the following manner. An about 669-bp DNA fragment, referred to herein as nfSP20₆₆₉, and designed to encode an apparently mature serine protease protein, was PCR amplified from flea serine protease clone 20 using the XhoI-site containing primer F27-S (sense) 5′ GAG CTC TCG AGA ATC GTA GGA GGA CAC GAT AC 3′ (SEQ ID NO:183) and the EcoRI-site containing primer F20-A (antisense) 5′ G GAC GAA TTC TTA AAC ACC AGA CAC TTC CTT G 3′ (SEQ ID NO:182). The PCR product nfSP20₆₆₉ was digested with XhoI and EcoRI restriction endonucleases, gel purified and subcloned into expression vector λP_(R)/T²ori/S10HIS-RSET-A9 as described in Example 39A. The resultant recombinant molecule, referred to herein as pHisCro-nfSP20₆₆₉, was transformed into E. coli HB101 competent cells (available from Gibco BRL) to form recombinant cell E. coli:pHisCro-nfSP20₆₆₉. The recombinant cell was cultured as described in Example 20. Immunoblot analysis of recombinant cell E. coli:pHisCro-nfSP20₆₆₉ lysates using a T7 tag monoclonal antibody (available from Novagen, Inc.) directed against the fusion portion of the recombinant PHISCRO-PfSP20₂₂₂ fusion protein identified a protein of the appropriate size, namely an about 31-kD protein. Flea serine protease protein PfSP20₂₂₂ was purified by nickel chelation chromatography followed by reverse phase HPLC. Immunoblot analysis of the purified PfSP20₂₂₂ indicated that rabbit anti-flea protease antiserum, produced as described in example 14, selectively bound to PfSP20₂₂₂.

EXAMPLE 40

This example describes that various flea serine protease nucleic acid molecules described in the foregoing examples can be obtained from multiple sources.

Nucleic acid molecules corresponding to flea clone 4 have been obtained from a bovine blood-fed whole flea library (described in Example 8), a cat blood-fed whole flea library (described in Example 26), an unfed whole flea library (described in Example 8), and a mixed instar whole flea library (described in Example 30). Nucleic acid molecules corresponding to flea clone 5 have been obtained from a bovine blood-fed whole flea library and a cat blood-fed whole flea library. Nucleic acid molecules corresponding to flea clone 6 have been obtained from a bovine blood-fed whole flea library, a cat blood-fed whole flea library and an unfed whole flea library. Nucleic acid molecule corresponding to flea clone 7 have been obtained from a bovine blood-fed whole flea library, and a cat blood-fed whole flea library. Nucleic acid molecules corresponding to flea clone 8 have been obtained from a bovine blood-fed whole flea library and an unfed whole flea library. Nucleic acid molecules corresponding to flea clone 12 have been obtained from a bovine blood-fed whole flea library and a cat blood-fed whole flea library. Nucleic acid molecules corresponding to flea clone 13 have been obtained from a bovine blood-fed whole flea library, a cat blood-fed whole flea library, and an unfed whole flea library. Nucleic acid molecules corresponding to flea clone 20 have been obtained from a bovine blood-fed whole flea library, a cat blood-fed whole flea library, and an unfed whole flea library. Nucleic acid molecules corresponding to flea clone 28 have been obtained from a bovine blood-fed whole flea library and a cat blood-fed whole flea library.

                   #             SEQUENCE LISTING (1) GENERAL INFORMATION:    (iii) NUMBER OF SEQUENCES: 190 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 1:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 32 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #1: Ile Ile Gly Gly Glu Val Ala Gly Glu Gly Se #r Ala Pro Tyr Gln Va 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ser Leu Arg Thr Lys Glu Gly Asn His Phe Se #r Gly Gly Ser Ile Le             20       #            25       #            30 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 2:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 17 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #2: Xaa Val Gly Gly His Asp Thr Ser Ile Asp Xa #a His Pro His Gln Va 1               5    #                10   #                15 Thr (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 3:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 22 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #3: Ile Val Gly Gly Ala Asp Ala Ala Pro Gly As #n Ala Pro Phe Gln Va 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ser Leu Arg Asp Lys Gly             20 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 4:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 34 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #4: Ile Val Gly Gly Gln Asp Ala Asp Ile Ala Ly #s Tyr Gly Tyr Gln Al 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ser Leu Gln Val Phe Asn Glu His Phe Xaa Gl #y Ala Xaa Ile Leu As             20       #            25       #            30 Asn Tyr (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 5:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 25 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #5: Ile Val Gly Gly Thr Asp Val Asn Ile Glu As #n Phe Gly Trp Gln Va 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ser Leu Phe Asp Arg Asn Gly His Phe             20       #            25 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 6:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 22 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #6: Ile Val Gly Gly His Asp Thr Ser Ile Asp Ly #s His Pro Phe Gln Va 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ser Leu Ile Asp Lys Asn             20 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 7:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 23 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #7: Val Val Gly Gly Leu Glu Ala Ala Glu Gly Se #r Ala Pro Tyr Gln Va 1               5    #                10   #                15 Xaa Leu Gln Trp Gly Asn Phe             20 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 8:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #8: Ile Val Gly Gly Glu Asp Ala Glu Leu Gly Gl #u Xaa Pro Thr Gln 1               5    #                10   #                15 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 9:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 13 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #9: Asp Glu Asp Gly Lys Asp Asp Ser Ala Pro Gl #y Glu Ile 1               5    #                10 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 10:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 9 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: Protein           (B) LOCATION: 1..9           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. aa 2, Xaa = Gln or                Asn”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #10: Cys Xaa Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu 1               5 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 11:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 27 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #11: TAAWGGWCCW CCYGAATCTC CCTGGCA           #                   #             27 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 12:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 24 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #12: TAAWGGWCCA GARTCTCCTT GACA           #                   #                24 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 13:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 19 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #13: GGAAACAGCT ATGACCATG              #                   #                   # 19 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 14:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 17 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #14: ATTAACCCTC ACTAAAG              #                   #                   #   17 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 15:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 23 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “probe”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #15: TGGGTWGTWA CWGCWGCWCA TTG            #                   #                23 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 16:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 672 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..672           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. aa 224, substitute                Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #16: GCA CGA GAT CGC ATT GTT GGA GGA TTG GAG GC #G AAA AAT GGA TCA GCC       48 Ala Arg Asp Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Leu Glu Al #a Lys Asn Gly Ser Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 CCA TTC ATG GTT TCT TTG CAA GCG GAA GAC TA #T TTT CAT TTT TGT GGA       96 Pro Phe Met Val Ser Leu Gln Ala Glu Asp Ty #r Phe His Phe Cys Gly              20      #             25      #             30 TCC TCT ATT CTG AAT GAG AGA TGG GTT CTT AC #T GCT GCT CAC TGT ATC      144 Ser Ser Ile Leu Asn Glu Arg Trp Val Leu Th #r Ala Ala His Cys Ile          35          #         40          #         45 CAA CCA AAT GTA CAC AAG TAC GTT TAC GTC GG #T TCG AAC AAC GTA GAA      192 Gln Pro Asn Val His Lys Tyr Val Tyr Val Gl #y Ser Asn Asn Val Glu      50              #     55              #     60 GTA GGC GGA ACA CAC TAC GAA ATC GAA AAA GC #T TTC TAT CAC GAA GAA      240 Val Gly Gly Thr His Tyr Glu Ile Glu Lys Al #a Phe Tyr His Glu Glu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 TAT GAT GGA GTA GAT CTT GTA GAT CAT GAT GT #G ATT GAT CAA AGT GAG      288 Tyr Asp Gly Val Asp Leu Val Asp His Asp Va #l Ile Asp Gln Ser Glu                  85  #                 90  #                 95 ACA AAC ATT GAT TTA ATG AAG TGT CAA CCC AT #T AAA TTA CGA AGA AAG      336 Thr Asn Ile Asp Leu Met Lys Cys Gln Pro Il #e Lys Leu Arg Arg Lys             100       #           105       #           110 CCA CTC GTT GGT GGT GAG GAA TTG AGA GCA GT #A GGC TGG GGA AAT ACA      384 Pro Leu Val Gly Gly Glu Glu Leu Arg Ala Va #l Gly Trp Gly Asn Thr         115           #       120           #       125 AAT TCA GCA GGG GAA AAT TTT CCA TTG AAA CT #T CAA GAA TTG TAC GTG      432 Asn Ser Ala Gly Glu Asn Phe Pro Leu Lys Le #u Gln Glu Leu Tyr Val     130               #   135               #   140 AAA GCT TTG ACT AAT GAG GAG TGC AAA GCT AA #A TCA CCA ATT CCA CCA      480 Lys Ala Leu Thr Asn Glu Glu Cys Lys Ala Ly #s Ser Pro Ile Pro Pro 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 ACG ACC CAA GTC TGC ACA CTT TTG GAA AAG AA #T CAT GGT GTA TGC TCG      528 Thr Thr Gln Val Cys Thr Leu Leu Glu Lys As #n His Gly Val Cys Ser                 165   #               170   #               175 GGA GAT TCT GGT GGT CCA TTG CTT TTG GAT GG #C GAG CAA GTT GGC ATT      576 Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu Leu Leu Asp Gl #y Glu Gln Val Gly Ile             180       #           185       #           190 GCC TCA TTT GTT ATC TTC AAA TGC GCA ATG GG #G TAC CCT GAC TAT TTC      624 Ala Ser Phe Val Ile Phe Lys Cys Ala Met Gl #y Tyr Pro Asp Tyr Phe         195           #       200           #       205 ACA AGA TTG TCT CTA TAT GTA GAT TGG ATT GA #A CAA CAC ATG GAT TAA      672 Thr Arg Leu Ser Leu Tyr Val Asp Trp Ile Gl #u Gln His Met Asp Xaa     210               #   215               #   220 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 17:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 224 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #17: Ala Arg Asp Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Leu Glu Al #a Lys Asn Gly Ser Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Pro Phe Met Val Ser Leu Gln Ala Glu Asp Ty #r Phe His Phe Cys Gly              20      #             25      #             30 Ser Ser Ile Leu Asn Glu Arg Trp Val Leu Th #r Ala Ala His Cys Ile          35          #         40          #         45 Gln Pro Asn Val His Lys Tyr Val Tyr Val Gl #y Ser Asn Asn Val Glu      50              #     55              #     60 Val Gly Gly Thr His Tyr Glu Ile Glu Lys Al #a Phe Tyr His Glu Glu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Tyr Asp Gly Val Asp Leu Val Asp His Asp Va #l Ile Asp Gln Ser Glu                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Thr Asn Ile Asp Leu Met Lys Cys Gln Pro Il #e Lys Leu Arg Arg Lys             100       #           105       #           110 Pro Leu Val Gly Gly Glu Glu Leu Arg Ala Va #l Gly Trp Gly Asn Thr         115           #       120           #       125 Asn Ser Ala Gly Glu Asn Phe Pro Leu Lys Le #u Gln Glu Leu Tyr Val     130               #   135               #   140 Lys Ala Leu Thr Asn Glu Glu Cys Lys Ala Ly #s Ser Pro Ile Pro Pro 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Thr Thr Gln Val Cys Thr Leu Leu Glu Lys As #n His Gly Val Cys Ser                 165   #               170   #               175 Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu Leu Leu Asp Gl #y Glu Gln Val Gly Ile             180       #           185       #           190 Ala Ser Phe Val Ile Phe Lys Cys Ala Met Gl #y Tyr Pro Asp Tyr Phe         195           #       200           #       205 Thr Arg Leu Ser Leu Tyr Val Asp Trp Ile Gl #u Gln His Met Asp Xaa     210               #   215               #   220 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 18:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 156 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..156     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #18: GGG TGG GGA AGA CTT GGA GCT AAC TTG AAT GG #A CCG AAT GAA CTC CAA       48 Gly Trp Gly Arg Leu Gly Ala Asn Leu Asn Gl #y Pro Asn Glu Leu Gln   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GAA CTT AAC ACT GTC ACA TTA AGC CAC CAG CA #A TGT GTA AGA CAA CAA       96 Glu Leu Asn Thr Val Thr Leu Ser His Gln Gl #n Cys Val Arg Gln Gln              20      #             25      #             30 ATT TAT CCA GTA TAC GAC AGC CAA CTT TGC AC #A TTT GTT GGC AGT GGA      144 Ile Tyr Pro Val Tyr Asp Ser Gln Leu Cys Th #r Phe Val Gly Ser Gly          35          #         40          #         45 CGA GGC GCC TGC             #                   #                   #      156 Arg Gly Ala Cys      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 19:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 52 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #19: Gly Trp Gly Arg Leu Gly Ala Asn Leu Asn Gl #y Pro Asn Glu Leu Gln   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Glu Leu Asn Thr Val Thr Leu Ser His Gln Gl #n Cys Val Arg Gln Gln              20      #             25      #             30 Ile Tyr Pro Val Tyr Asp Ser Gln Leu Cys Th #r Phe Val Gly Ser Gly          35          #         40          #         45 Arg Gly Ala Cys      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 20:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 168 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..168     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #20: GGA TGG GGC AAA TTA AGT GAA TCA GGA CCC AA #G CCA GTA AAT CTA CAA       48 Gly Trp Gly Lys Leu Ser Glu Ser Gly Pro Ly #s Pro Val Asn Leu Gln   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GGA GTA AAA GTG CCT TAT GTG ACC AAG ATA CA #T GCT CTG ACA GCT ACG       96 Gly Val Lys Val Pro Tyr Val Thr Lys Ile Hi #s Ala Leu Thr Ala Thr              20      #             25      #             30 TCT TTG CAG GTA AAA GAT ATC ACC GAA AAC AT #G TTG TGT GCC GGA GTT      144 Ser Leu Gln Val Lys Asp Ile Thr Glu Asn Me #t Leu Cys Ala Gly Val          35          #         40          #         45 AGA AGA GGT GGC AAG GAC TCC TGC      #                   #               168 Arg Arg Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys      50              #     55 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 21:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 56 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #21: Gly Trp Gly Lys Leu Ser Glu Ser Gly Pro Ly #s Pro Val Asn Leu Gln   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Gly Val Lys Val Pro Tyr Val Thr Lys Ile Hi #s Ala Leu Thr Ala Thr              20      #             25      #             30 Ser Leu Gln Val Lys Asp Ile Thr Glu Asn Me #t Leu Cys Ala Gly Val          35          #         40          #         45 Arg Arg Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys      50              #     55 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 22:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 177 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..177     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #22: GGA TGG GGA TCA AGA TCT ACT TCC AAT TTC CC #A TCT TAC CCC AAC CTT       48 Gly Trp Gly Ser Arg Ser Thr Ser Asn Phe Pr #o Ser Tyr Pro Asn Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 TTA CAG ACC GTT GAC AAA CCA ATT GTA TCT TA #T GCC GAA TGT GAG AAA       96 Leu Gln Thr Val Asp Lys Pro Ile Val Ser Ty #r Ala Glu Cys Glu Lys              20      #             25      #             30 GTA TTG GGA GGT CCT GGA GCC TCA CCA CTT CA #C CCC TTG AAC CTC TGC      144 Val Leu Gly Gly Pro Gly Ala Ser Pro Leu Hi #s Pro Leu Asn Leu Cys          35          #         40          #         45 ACT GGA CCC TTG ACC GGT GGA GTA AGC GCT TG #T                   #        177 Thr Gly Pro Leu Thr Gly Gly Val Ser Ala Cy #s      50              #     55 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 23:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 59 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #23: Gly Trp Gly Ser Arg Ser Thr Ser Asn Phe Pr #o Ser Tyr Pro Asn Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Leu Gln Thr Val Asp Lys Pro Ile Val Ser Ty #r Ala Glu Cys Glu Lys              20      #             25      #             30 Val Leu Gly Gly Pro Gly Ala Ser Pro Leu Hi #s Pro Leu Asn Leu Cys          35          #         40          #         45 Thr Gly Pro Leu Thr Gly Gly Val Ser Ala Cy #s      50              #     55 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 24:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 156 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..156     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #24: GGC TGG GGA AAT ACA AAT TCA GCA GGG GAA AA #T TTT CCA TTG AAA CTT       48 Gly Trp Gly Asn Thr Asn Ser Ala Gly Glu As #n Phe Pro Leu Lys Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 CAA GAA TTG TAC GTG AAA GCT TTG ACT AAT GA #G GAG TGC AAA GCT AAA       96 Gln Glu Leu Tyr Val Lys Ala Leu Thr Asn Gl #u Glu Cys Lys Ala Lys              20      #             25      #             30 TCA CCA ATT CCA CCA ACG ACC CAA GTC TGC AC #A CTT TTG GAA AAG AAT      144 Ser Pro Ile Pro Pro Thr Thr Gln Val Cys Th #r Leu Leu Glu Lys Asn          35          #         40          #         45 CAT GGT GTA TGC             #                   #                   #      156 His Gly Val Cys      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 25:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 52 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #25: Gly Trp Gly Asn Thr Asn Ser Ala Gly Glu As #n Phe Pro Leu Lys Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Gln Glu Leu Tyr Val Lys Ala Leu Thr Asn Gl #u Glu Cys Lys Ala Lys              20      #             25      #             30 Ser Pro Ile Pro Pro Thr Thr Gln Val Cys Th #r Leu Leu Glu Lys Asn          35          #         40          #         45 His Gly Val Cys      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 26:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 159 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..159     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #26: GGA TGG GGA TCA ACT GGA TCT GGT GGT CCA AT #T ACA AAT GTT CTA CAA       48 Gly Trp Gly Ser Thr Gly Ser Gly Gly Pro Il #e Thr Asn Val Leu Gln   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GAA GTC GAA GTT CCA TTT ATC GAC TTC AAC AC #C TGC CGA AAA TCC TAC       96 Glu Val Glu Val Pro Phe Ile Asp Phe Asn Th #r Cys Arg Lys Ser Tyr              20      #             25      #             30 TCA ACC AGC TTA ACC GAC CGT ATG TTC TGC GC #T GGA TTT TTG GGA ATT      144 Ser Thr Ser Leu Thr Asp Arg Met Phe Cys Al #a Gly Phe Leu Gly Ile          35          #         40          #         45 GGT GGT AAG GCT TGC            #                   #                   #   159 Gly Gly Lys Ala Cys      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 27:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 53 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #27: Gly Trp Gly Ser Thr Gly Ser Gly Gly Pro Il #e Thr Asn Val Leu Gln   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Glu Val Glu Val Pro Phe Ile Asp Phe Asn Th #r Cys Arg Lys Ser Tyr              20      #             25      #             30 Ser Thr Ser Leu Thr Asp Arg Met Phe Cys Al #a Gly Phe Leu Gly Ile          35          #         40          #         45 Gly Gly Lys Ala Cys      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 28:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 168 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..168     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #28: GGC TGG GGA AAT TTA GGG GAA GAT GAG GAC GA #C CCC GAA CAA CTG CAA       48 Gly Trp Gly Asn Leu Gly Glu Asp Glu Asp As #p Pro Glu Gln Leu Gln   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 TAT GTA AAG GTA CCT ATT GTT AAC TGG ACT CA #G TGC AAA ACT ATA TAT       96 Tyr Val Lys Val Pro Ile Val Asn Trp Thr Gl #n Cys Lys Thr Ile Tyr              20      #             25      #             30 GGA AAT GAA GGA CTA ATA ATT ACC CAA AAT AT #G ATT TGT GCT GGT TAT      144 Gly Asn Glu Gly Leu Ile Ile Thr Gln Asn Me #t Ile Cys Ala Gly Tyr          35          #         40          #         45 CCT GAT GGC GGT AAG GAC TCT TGC      #                   #               168 Pro Asp Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys      50              #     55 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 29:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 56 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #29: Gly Trp Gly Asn Leu Gly Glu Asp Glu Asp As #p Pro Glu Gln Leu Gln   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Tyr Val Lys Val Pro Ile Val Asn Trp Thr Gl #n Cys Lys Thr Ile Tyr              20      #             25      #             30 Gly Asn Glu Gly Leu Ile Ile Thr Gln Asn Me #t Ile Cys Ala Gly Tyr          35          #         40          #         45 Pro Asp Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys      50              #     55 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 30:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 159 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..159     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #30: GGA TGG GCA TCT CCA AAG ATT TCC CCT GCT TT #C GAA TTG CCT GAC AAA       48 Gly Trp Ala Ser Pro Lys Ile Ser Pro Ala Ph #e Glu Leu Pro Asp Lys   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 CTA CAG TAC ACA ACT TTG GAA GTC CAA CCA AG #T GAA GAC TGC AAA AAA       96 Leu Gln Tyr Thr Thr Leu Glu Val Gln Pro Se #r Glu Asp Cys Lys Lys              20      #             25      #             30 GTA TGG GCC CCT TAC ATG CGC GAC TAC ATC CT #T TGT GCC AAA TTT GAA      144 Val Trp Ala Pro Tyr Met Arg Asp Tyr Ile Le #u Cys Ala Lys Phe Glu          35          #         40          #         45 AAA CAA AAC ATT TGC            #                   #                   #   159 Lys Gln Asn Ile Cys      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 31:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 53 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #31: Gly Trp Ala Ser Pro Lys Ile Ser Pro Ala Ph #e Glu Leu Pro Asp Lys   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Leu Gln Tyr Thr Thr Leu Glu Val Gln Pro Se #r Glu Asp Cys Lys Lys              20      #             25      #             30 Val Trp Ala Pro Tyr Met Arg Asp Tyr Ile Le #u Cys Ala Lys Phe Glu          35          #         40          #         45 Lys Gln Asn Ile Cys      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 32:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 186 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..186           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 86/87, change               A/A to V/Y #; at pos. aa 29, change Glu to Xaa and de #fine               Xaa = V #al, Ala, Asp, Glu or Gly. ”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #32: GGT TGG GGA AAG ATA GAC TAT TCT GAG AGC AG #A AGT GAT GAC CTA CTG       48 Gly Trp Gly Lys Ile Asp Tyr Ser Glu Ser Ar #g Ser Asp Asp Leu Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 AAA GTA GTA CTG AAA ATT ATT GAT AAT AGG CA #A TGC GVY CCC TTA TAC       96 Lys Val Val Leu Lys Ile Ile Asp Asn Arg Gl #n Cys Xaa Pro Leu Tyr              20      #             25      #             30 GTT GAT CAG ATT AAT AGA AGA AGA TTG AGA AA #T GGA ATT GTA GAA ACA      144 Val Asp Gln Ile Asn Arg Arg Arg Leu Arg As #n Gly Ile Val Glu Thr          35          #         40          #         45 CAG ATG TGT GCA GGA GAA TTG GAT GGT GGA AA #A GAC ACT TGC              # 186 Gln Met Cys Ala Gly Glu Leu Asp Gly Gly Ly #s Asp Thr Cys      50              #     55              #     60 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 33:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 62 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: Xaa =  #Val, Ala, Asp Glu or Gly           (B) LOCATION: 29     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #33: Gly Trp Gly Lys Ile Asp Tyr Ser Glu Ser Ar #g Ser Asp Asp Leu Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Lys Val Val Leu Lys Ile Ile Asp Asn Arg Gl #n Cys Xaa Pro Leu Tyr              20      #             25      #             30 Val Asp Gln Ile Asn Arg Arg Arg Leu Arg As #n Gly Ile Val Glu Thr          35          #         40          #         45 Gln Met Cys Ala Gly Glu Leu Asp Gly Gly Ly #s Asp Thr Cys      50              #     55              #     60 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 34:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 168 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..168     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #34: GGA TGG GGA AGA ACA TCG TTC GGT GGC CAA TT #G TCT AAA AAT CTG CGA       48 Gly Trp Gly Arg Thr Ser Phe Gly Gly Gln Le #u Ser Lys Asn Leu Arg   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GGA GTC GAG TTG GAA ATA ATA GAT CTA TTC GA #T TGT TTC CTT TCC TAC       96 Gly Val Glu Leu Glu Ile Ile Asp Leu Phe As #p Cys Phe Leu Ser Tyr              20      #             25      #             30 ATG GAT AAA GTA AAC GTG TCC GAA AGG CAA GT #T TGC GCT GGA ATC CCC      144 Met Asp Lys Val Asn Val Ser Glu Arg Gln Va #l Cys Ala Gly Ile Pro          35          #         40          #         45 GTT GTA GGT GGT AAA GAT TCT TGC      #                   #               168 Val Val Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys      50              #     55 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 35:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 56 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #35: Gly Trp Gly Arg Thr Ser Phe Gly Gly Gln Le #u Ser Lys Asn Leu Arg   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Gly Val Glu Leu Glu Ile Ile Asp Leu Phe As #p Cys Phe Leu Ser Tyr              20      #             25      #             30 Met Asp Lys Val Asn Val Ser Glu Arg Gln Va #l Cys Ala Gly Ile Pro          35          #         40          #         45 Val Val Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys      50              #     55 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 36:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 120 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..120     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #36: GGA TGG GGT GCA GTC TAC GAA GGA GGT GCA GG #A TCC ACC CAA TTA CTA       48 Gly Trp Gly Ala Val Tyr Glu Gly Gly Ala Gl #y Ser Thr Gln Leu Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 TAC TCC CAA TTT GGC GGT GTT GCT CCT AGC AT #G ATC TGC GCT GGA TTT       96 Tyr Ser Gln Phe Gly Gly Val Ala Pro Ser Me #t Ile Cys Ala Gly Phe              20      #             25      #             30 GAC CAA GGC GGT AAG GAC GCT TGT      #                   #               120 Asp Gln Gly Gly Lys Asp Ala Cys          35          #         40 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 37:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 40 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #37: Gly Trp Gly Ala Val Tyr Glu Gly Gly Ala Gl #y Ser Thr Gln Leu Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Tyr Ser Gln Phe Gly Gly Val Ala Pro Ser Me #t Ile Cys Ala Gly Phe              20      #             25      #             30 Asp Gln Gly Gly Lys Asp Ala Cys          35          #         40 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 38:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 162 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..162     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #38: GGT TGG GGA ACT ACA GAG AGT ACT GAA TCA TC #A CAC CAC CTG AAA GAA       48 Gly Trp Gly Thr Thr Glu Ser Thr Glu Ser Se #r His His Leu Lys Glu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GTT GAA GTG AAC GCT GTA TCT AAT AGT GAA TG #T CAA AGG CCT AAT GAA       96 Val Glu Val Asn Ala Val Ser Asn Ser Glu Cy #s Gln Arg Pro Asn Glu              20      #             25      #             30 GAT CTT GCT ACT ATA TCA TCA CAT GAG ATA TG #T GCA AGC GTT CCT GGT      144 Asp Leu Ala Thr Ile Ser Ser His Glu Ile Cy #s Ala Ser Val Pro Gly          35          #         40          #         45 GGC GGC AAA GAT TCT TGT          #                   #                   # 162 Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 39:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 54 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #39: Gly Trp Gly Thr Thr Glu Ser Thr Glu Ser Se #r His His Leu Lys Glu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Val Glu Val Asn Ala Val Ser Asn Ser Glu Cy #s Gln Arg Pro Asn Glu              20      #             25      #             30 Asp Leu Ala Thr Ile Ser Ser His Glu Ile Cy #s Ala Ser Val Pro Gly          35          #         40          #         45 Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 40:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 40 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #40: Ile Val Gly Gly Glu Asn Ala Lys Glu Lys Se #r Asp Val Pro Tyr Gl 1               5    #                10   #                15 Val Ser Leu Arg Asn Ala Glu Asn Lys His Ph #e Cys Gly Gly Ala Il             20       #            25       #            30 Ile Asp Asp Tyr Trp Val Leu Thr         35           #        40 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 41:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 25 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #41: Ile Val Gly Gly Leu Glu Ala Lys Asn Gly Se #r Ala Pro Phe Met Va 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ser Leu Gln Ala Glu Asp Tyr Phe His             20       #            25 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 42:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 26 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #42: Ile Ile Gly Gly Glu Val Ala Gly Glu Gly Se #r Ala Pro Tyr Gln Va 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ser Leu Arg Thr Lys Glu Gly Asn His Phe             20       #            25 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 43:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 29 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #43: Ile Val Gly Gly Thr Ala Val Asp Ile Arg Gl #y Phe Pro Gly Arg Ty 1               5    #                10   #                15 Gln Phe Lys Pro Lys Pro Ser Phe Leu Trp Tr #p Phe Tyr             20       #            25 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 44:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 35 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #44: Ile Val Asn Gly Leu Glu Ala Gly Val Gly Gl #n Phe Pro Ile Gln Va 1               5    #                10   #                15 Phe Leu Asp Leu Thr Asn Ile Arg Asp Glu Ly #s Ser Arg Cys Gly Gl             20       #            25       #            30 Ala Leu Phe         35 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 45:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 24 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #45: Ile Val Gly Gly Leu Glu Ala Lys Asn Gly Il #e Thr Pro Phe Ile Gl 1               5    #                10   #                15 Phe Phe Ala Ser Gly Arg Leu Phe             20 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 46:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 26 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #46: Ile Val Gly Gly Asn Asp Val Ser Xaa Lys Il #e Phe Trp Gln Val Se 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ile Gln Ser Asn Xaa Gln His Phe Cys Gly             20       #            25 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 47:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 31 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #47: Ile Ile Gly Gly Glu Asp Ala Pro Glu Gly Se #r Ala Pro Tyr Gln Va 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ser Leu Arg Asn Gln Asn Leu Glu His Phe Cy #s Gly Gly Ser Ile             20       #            25       #            30 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 48:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 32 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #48: GTWGGWAAAG GWWTWACWTT YGATTCWGGW GG        #                   #          32 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 49:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 20 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #49: CGWCCTTCWG CATCWGTATT             #                   #                   # 20 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 50:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 453 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..453     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #50: CAC GAG TTT TGT GCG AGT GTC AGA TAT TGC AG #C TCT ATG AGT AAC AAG       48 His Glu Phe Cys Ala Ser Val Arg Tyr Cys Se #r Ser Met Ser Asn Lys   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 AAA GGA TTA GTA CTG GGC ATC TAC GAC AAT GA #A TTC GAT AAA AAA ATA       96 Lys Gly Leu Val Leu Gly Ile Tyr Asp Asn Gl #u Phe Asp Lys Lys Ile              20      #             25      #             30 AGG TTA ACG CCA ACT GCT GAA CAA TTC AAT CG #G CGA TTG CAG GGG CGT      144 Arg Leu Thr Pro Thr Ala Glu Gln Phe Asn Ar #g Arg Leu Gln Gly Arg          35          #         40          #         45 TTA CTA GAT CTA ATT CAT TTG AGT GGA CCC AT #T AAA TTG GGC AAG AGC      192 Leu Leu Asp Leu Ile His Leu Ser Gly Pro Il #e Lys Leu Gly Lys Ser      50              #     55              #     60 CGT ATT TTC TGG GAT CTC GAT GAA TTC GGC GC #A GTT GCA GTT GCA GGT      240 Arg Ile Phe Trp Asp Leu Asp Glu Phe Gly Al #a Val Ala Val Ala Gly  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 TTG GGA AAT CAC TCC CCC TGC GAA CTC CTG GA #A GAA CTC GAT GTT TTG      288 Leu Gly Asn His Ser Pro Cys Glu Leu Leu Gl #u Glu Leu Asp Val Leu                  85  #                 90  #                 95 CGC GAA AAT GCC AGA ATA GCT GCC GGT GCT GG #T TGC CAA GCT CTT GCC      336 Arg Glu Asn Ala Arg Ile Ala Ala Gly Ala Gl #y Cys Gln Ala Leu Ala             100       #           105       #           110 GCC GAT GGA ATC ACT ACC ATT AGC GTT GAA GT #A TGG AGC ACC CGG AGG      384 Ala Asp Gly Ile Thr Thr Ile Ser Val Glu Va #l Trp Ser Thr Arg Arg         115           #       120           #       125 CGG CCA TGC GAA GGT GCA ATA CTA TCG ACG TT #C AAA TTC AGG TCA ACA      432 Arg Pro Cys Glu Gly Ala Ile Leu Ser Thr Ph #e Lys Phe Arg Ser Thr     130               #   135               #   140 GAA GTA GTC CAG TGT AGC GGT        #                   #                 453 Glu Val Val Gln Cys Ser Gly 145                 1 #50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 51:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 151 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #51: His Glu Phe Cys Ala Ser Val Arg Tyr Cys Se #r Ser Met Ser Asn Lys   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Lys Gly Leu Val Leu Gly Ile Tyr Asp Asn Gl #u Phe Asp Lys Lys Ile              20      #             25      #             30 Arg Leu Thr Pro Thr Ala Glu Gln Phe Asn Ar #g Arg Leu Gln Gly Arg          35          #         40          #         45 Leu Leu Asp Leu Ile His Leu Ser Gly Pro Il #e Lys Leu Gly Lys Ser      50              #     55              #     60 Arg Ile Phe Trp Asp Leu Asp Glu Phe Gly Al #a Val Ala Val Ala Gly  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Leu Gly Asn His Ser Pro Cys Glu Leu Leu Gl #u Glu Leu Asp Val Leu                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Arg Glu Asn Ala Arg Ile Ala Ala Gly Ala Gl #y Cys Gln Ala Leu Ala             100       #           105       #           110 Ala Asp Gly Ile Thr Thr Ile Ser Val Glu Va #l Trp Ser Thr Arg Arg         115           #       120           #       125 Arg Pro Cys Glu Gly Ala Ile Leu Ser Thr Ph #e Lys Phe Arg Ser Thr     130               #   135               #   140 Glu Val Val Gln Cys Ser Gly 145                 1 #50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 52:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 258 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..258     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #52: TCA GCA CTC GTT GCC TTG TCT GCA GCT ATT CC #T CAC TCC AAC AGA GTC       48 Ser Ala Leu Val Ala Leu Ser Ala Ala Ile Pr #o His Ser Asn Arg Val   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GTT GGA GGA CTG GAA GCT GCA GAG GGT TCT GC #A CCT TAT CAA GTA TCC       96 Val Gly Gly Leu Glu Ala Ala Glu Gly Ser Al #a Pro Tyr Gln Val Ser              20      #             25      #             30 TTG CAA GTT GGC AAC TTC CAC TTC TGT GGT GG #T TCA ATT CTG AAC GAA      144 Leu Gln Val Gly Asn Phe His Phe Cys Gly Gl #y Ser Ile Leu Asn Glu          35          #         40          #         45 TAT TGG GTT TTG ACT GCT GCT CAC TGT TTG GG #T TAT GAC TTC GAC GTG      192 Tyr Trp Val Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cys Leu Gl #y Tyr Asp Phe Asp Val      50              #     55              #     60 GTA GTT GGA ACA AAC AAA CTT GAT CAA CCA GG #T GAA AGA TAC CTC GTA      240 Val Val Gly Thr Asn Lys Leu Asp Gln Pro Gl #y Glu Arg Tyr Leu Val  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 GAA CAA ACT TTT GTT CAC          #                   #                   # 258 Glu Gln Thr Phe Val His                  85 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 53:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 86 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #53: Ser Ala Leu Val Ala Leu Ser Ala Ala Ile Pr #o His Ser Asn Arg Val   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Val Gly Gly Leu Glu Ala Ala Glu Gly Ser Al #a Pro Tyr Gln Val Ser              20      #             25      #             30 Leu Gln Val Gly Asn Phe His Phe Cys Gly Gl #y Ser Ile Leu Asn Glu          35          #         40          #         45 Tyr Trp Val Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cys Leu Gl #y Tyr Asp Phe Asp Val      50              #     55              #     60 Val Val Gly Thr Asn Lys Leu Asp Gln Pro Gl #y Glu Arg Tyr Leu Val  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Glu Gln Thr Phe Val His                  85 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 54:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 240 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..240     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #54: TTA GAT GGG CGC ATT GTT GGA GGA CAA GAT GC #T GAT ATT GCC AAA TAT       48 Leu Asp Gly Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Gln Asp Al #a Asp Ile Ala Lys Tyr   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GGC TAT CAA GCT TCA CTC CAA GTA TTT AAC GA #A CAT TTC TGT GGA GCT       96 Gly Tyr Gln Ala Ser Leu Gln Val Phe Asn Gl #u His Phe Cys Gly Ala              20      #             25      #             30 TCA ATA TTG AAT AAT TAT TGG ATT GTC ACA GC #A GCT CAT TGC ATA TAT      144 Ser Ile Leu Asn Asn Tyr Trp Ile Val Thr Al #a Ala His Cys Ile Tyr          35          #         40          #         45 GAT GAA TTC ACG TAT TCA GTT CGA GTC GGC AC #C AGT TTC CAA GGA AGA      192 Asp Glu Phe Thr Tyr Ser Val Arg Val Gly Th #r Ser Phe Gln Gly Arg      50              #     55              #     60 CGT GGT TCC GTT CAT CCT GTG GCA CAA ATT AT #C AAG CAT CCT GCA TAC      240 Arg Gly Ser Val His Pro Val Ala Gln Ile Il #e Lys His Pro Ala Tyr  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 55:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 80 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #55: Leu Asp Gly Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Gln Asp Al #a Asp Ile Ala Lys Tyr   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Gly Tyr Gln Ala Ser Leu Gln Val Phe Asn Gl #u His Phe Cys Gly Ala              20      #             25      #             30 Ser Ile Leu Asn Asn Tyr Trp Ile Val Thr Al #a Ala His Cys Ile Tyr          35          #         40          #         45 Asp Glu Phe Thr Tyr Ser Val Arg Val Gly Th #r Ser Phe Gln Gly Arg      50              #     55              #     60 Arg Gly Ser Val His Pro Val Ala Gln Ile Il #e Lys His Pro Ala Tyr  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 56:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 218 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..216     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #56: AGG GAA CAA AAG CTG GAG CTC CAC CGC GGT GC #G CCG GCT CTA GAA CTA       48 Arg Glu Gln Lys Leu Glu Leu His Arg Gly Al #a Pro Ala Leu Glu Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GTG GAT CCC CCG GGT CTG CAG GAA TTG GCA CG #A GGA TGT TCT TGG CTG       96 Val Asp Pro Pro Gly Leu Gln Glu Leu Ala Ar #g Gly Cys Ser Trp Leu              20      #             25      #             30 TGT TTA GTA GCT ATT CTT TGT GCA GTG GCT GC #T GGG CCT ACT AAT CGC      144 Cys Leu Val Ala Ile Leu Cys Ala Val Ala Al #a Gly Pro Thr Asn Arg          35          #         40          #         45 ATT GTT GGA GGA TTG GAG GCG AAA AAT GGA AT #C ACC CCA TTC ATC GGT      192 Ile Val Gly Gly Leu Glu Ala Lys Asn Gly Il #e Thr Pro Phe Ile Gly      50              #     55              #     60 TTC TTT GCA AGC GGA AGA CTA TTT CA     #                   #             218 Phe Phe Ala Ser Gly Arg Leu Phe  65                  # 70 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 57:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 72 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #57: Arg Glu Gln Lys Leu Glu Leu His Arg Gly Al #a Pro Ala Leu Glu Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Val Asp Pro Pro Gly Leu Gln Glu Leu Ala Ar #g Gly Cys Ser Trp Leu              20      #             25      #             30 Cys Leu Val Ala Ile Leu Cys Ala Val Ala Al #a Gly Pro Thr Asn Arg          35          #         40          #         45 Ile Val Gly Gly Leu Glu Ala Lys Asn Gly Il #e Thr Pro Phe Ile Gly      50              #     55              #     60 Phe Phe Ala Ser Gly Arg Leu Phe  65                  # 70 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 58:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 240 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..240     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #58: ACG AGG TTT CGC TTA GCA ATT GTA TGT GCT CT #C GCT GTC TGC ACA TTC       48 Thr Arg Phe Arg Leu Ala Ile Val Cys Ala Le #u Ala Val Cys Thr Phe   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GGT GCC AGT GTT CCA GAA CCA TGG AAA AGA TT #A GAT GGT AGA ATC GTA       96 Gly Ala Ser Val Pro Glu Pro Trp Lys Arg Le #u Asp Gly Arg Ile Val              20      #             25      #             30 GGA GGA CAC GAT ACC AGC ATC GAT AAA CAC CC #T CAT CAA GTA TCT TTA      144 Gly Gly His Asp Thr Ser Ile Asp Lys His Pr #o His Gln Val Ser Leu          35          #         40          #         45 TTG TAC TCC AGC CAC AAT TGT GGT GGT TCC TT #G ATT GCC AAA AAC TGG      192 Leu Tyr Ser Ser His Asn Cys Gly Gly Ser Le #u Ile Ala Lys Asn Trp      50              #     55              #     60 GTT TTG ACT GCA GCT CAT TGC ATT GGA GTT AA #C AAA TAC AAT GTC CGT      240 Val Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cys Ile Gly Val As #n Lys Tyr Asn Val Arg  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 59:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 80 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #59: Thr Arg Phe Arg Leu Ala Ile Val Cys Ala Le #u Ala Val Cys Thr Phe   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Gly Ala Ser Val Pro Glu Pro Trp Lys Arg Le #u Asp Gly Arg Ile Val              20      #             25      #             30 Gly Gly His Asp Thr Ser Ile Asp Lys His Pr #o His Gln Val Ser Leu          35          #         40          #         45 Leu Tyr Ser Ser His Asn Cys Gly Gly Ser Le #u Ile Ala Lys Asn Trp      50              #     55              #     60 Val Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cys Ile Gly Val As #n Lys Tyr Asn Val Arg  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 60:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 234 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..234     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #60: CCC TCA CTA AAG GGA ACA AAA GCT GGA GCT CC #A CCG CGG TGC GCC GCT       48 Pro Ser Leu Lys Gly Thr Lys Ala Gly Ala Pr #o Pro Arg Cys Ala Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 CTA GAA CTA GTG GAT CCC CCG GGC TGC AGG AA #T TCG GCA CGA GCG TTT       96 Leu Glu Leu Val Asp Pro Pro Gly Cys Arg As #n Ser Ala Arg Ala Phe              20      #             25      #             30 GGT TGG ATT GAG CGC GTC TCA TCT TAC AAG AT #A AAG GAT AGA TTA GAT      144 Gly Trp Ile Glu Arg Val Ser Ser Tyr Lys Il #e Lys Asp Arg Leu Asp          35          #         40          #         45 GGG CGC ATT GTT GGA GGA CAA GAT GCT GAT AT #T GCC AAA TAT GGC TAT      192 Gly Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Gln Asp Ala Asp Il #e Ala Lys Tyr Gly Tyr      50              #     55              #     60 CAA GCT TCA CTC CAA GTA CTT AAC GAA CAT TT #C TGT GGA GCT              # 234 Gln Ala Ser Leu Gln Val Leu Asn Glu His Ph #e Cys Gly Ala  65                  # 70                  # 75 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 61:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 78 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #61: Pro Ser Leu Lys Gly Thr Lys Ala Gly Ala Pr #o Pro Arg Cys Ala Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Leu Glu Leu Val Asp Pro Pro Gly Cys Arg As #n Ser Ala Arg Ala Phe              20      #             25      #             30 Gly Trp Ile Glu Arg Val Ser Ser Tyr Lys Il #e Lys Asp Arg Leu Asp          35          #         40          #         45 Gly Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Gln Asp Ala Asp Il #e Ala Lys Tyr Gly Tyr      50              #     55              #     60 Gln Ala Ser Leu Gln Val Leu Asn Glu His Ph #e Cys Gly Ala  65                  # 70                  # 75 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 62:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 291 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..291     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #62: GCG GTG ATT GTG TCA TTT GTT CTG GCT TGT GC #A TTT TCT GTA CAG GCT       48 Ala Val Ile Val Ser Phe Val Leu Ala Cys Al #a Phe Ser Val Gln Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 CTT CCA TCA AGC AGA ATT GTC AAT GGA CTT GA #A GCA GGA GTT GGA CAA       96 Leu Pro Ser Ser Arg Ile Val Asn Gly Leu Gl #u Ala Gly Val Gly Gln              20      #             25      #             30 TTT CCA ATT CAG GTT TTC TTA GAC TTG ACA AA #T ATC AGA GAC GAA AAA      144 Phe Pro Ile Gln Val Phe Leu Asp Leu Thr As #n Ile Arg Asp Glu Lys          35          #         40          #         45 TCC AGA TGT GGT GGT GCT TTG TTA TCA GAT TC #A TGG GTT TTG ACT GCT      192 Ser Arg Cys Gly Gly Ala Leu Leu Ser Asp Se #r Trp Val Leu Thr Ala      50              #     55              #     60 GCT CAT TGT TTT GAT GAT TTG AAG TCT ATG GT #A GTG TCC GTT GGT GCT      240 Ala His Cys Phe Asp Asp Leu Lys Ser Met Va #l Val Ser Val Gly Ala  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 CAT GAT GTC AGC AAA TCT GAA GAA CCT CAC AG #G CAA ACC AGG AAA CCT      288 His Asp Val Ser Lys Ser Glu Glu Pro His Ar #g Gln Thr Arg Lys Pro                  85  #                 90  #                 95 GAA                   #                   #                   #            291 Glu (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 63:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 97 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #63: Ala Val Ile Val Ser Phe Val Leu Ala Cys Al #a Phe Ser Val Gln Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Leu Pro Ser Ser Arg Ile Val Asn Gly Leu Gl #u Ala Gly Val Gly Gln              20      #             25      #             30 Phe Pro Ile Gln Val Phe Leu Asp Leu Thr As #n Ile Arg Asp Glu Lys          35          #         40          #         45 Ser Arg Cys Gly Gly Ala Leu Leu Ser Asp Se #r Trp Val Leu Thr Ala      50              #     55              #     60 Ala His Cys Phe Asp Asp Leu Lys Ser Met Va #l Val Ser Val Gly Ala  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 His Asp Val Ser Lys Ser Glu Glu Pro His Ar #g Gln Thr Arg Lys Pro                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Glu (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 64:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 144 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..144           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 108, change A to               M; at pos. # 135, change C to Y; at pos. 141, change  #A to               R; at pos. # 144, change A to R.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #64: GTA CTG ATC GTT TTA GCA GTC ATT GAA TTC GC #A TCA GCG TCT TCA ATC       48 Val Leu Ile Val Leu Ala Val Ile Glu Phe Al #a Ser Ala Ser Ser Ile   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GGC TGG AGA ATC GTG GGT GGT GAA AAT GCT AA #A GAA AAA TCG GTG CCC       96 Gly Trp Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Glu Asn Ala Ly #s Glu Lys Ser Val Pro              20      #             25      #             30 TAT CAA GTT TCM CTT CGA AAT GCT GAA AAC AA #A CAT TTY TGT GGR GGR      144 Tyr Gln Val Ser Leu Arg Asn Ala Glu Asn Ly #s His Phe Cys Gly Gly          35          #         40          #         45 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 65:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 48 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #65: Val Leu Ile Val Leu Ala Val Ile Glu Phe Al #a Ser Ala Ser Ser Ile   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Gly Trp Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Glu Asn Ala Ly #s Glu Lys Ser Val Pro              20      #             25      #             30 Tyr Gln Val Ser Leu Arg Asn Ala Glu Asn Ly #s His Phe Cys Gly Gly          35          #         40          #         45 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 66:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 390 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..390     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #66: TTC GGC TTC AAG CTA AGT CAT TTG GTA AGT AA #G TAC TGT GCT TGT GCA       48 Phe Gly Phe Lys Leu Ser His Leu Val Ser Ly #s Tyr Cys Ala Cys Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 TTA GCA TCG GCA CTG AAG TAC TCC ATC GAT CA #T GGT CCT CGT ATC ATC       96 Leu Ala Ser Ala Leu Lys Tyr Ser Ile Asp Hi #s Gly Pro Arg Ile Ile              20      #             25      #             30 GGA GGT GAA GTT GCA GGT GAA GGA TCA GCA CC #T TAC CAG GTG TCC TTA      144 Gly Gly Glu Val Ala Gly Glu Gly Ser Ala Pr #o Tyr Gln Val Ser Leu          35          #         40          #         45 AGA ACC AAG GAA GGA AAT CAT TTT TGC GGT GG #A TCA ATA CTA AAT AAG      192 Arg Thr Lys Glu Gly Asn His Phe Cys Gly Gl #y Ser Ile Leu Asn Lys      50              #     55              #     60 CGA TGG GTT GTA ACT GCA GCA CAT TGT CTT GA #A CCG GAA ATA TTA GAT      240 Arg Trp Val Val Thr Ala Ala His Cys Leu Gl #u Pro Glu Ile Leu Asp  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 TCG GTA TAC GTC GGA TCC AAT CAC TTA GAC CG #A AAA GGC AGA TAT TAC      288 Ser Val Tyr Val Gly Ser Asn His Leu Asp Ar #g Lys Gly Arg Tyr Tyr                  85  #                 90  #                 95 GAC GTA GAA CGG TAT ATA ATT CAT GAA AAA TA #T ATA GGA GAA CTA AAT      336 Asp Val Glu Arg Tyr Ile Ile His Glu Lys Ty #r Ile Gly Glu Leu Asn             100       #           105       #           110 AAT TTT TAT GCT GAC ATC GGT CTA ATA AAA CT #T GAT GGA AGA CTT AGA      384 Asn Phe Tyr Ala Asp Ile Gly Leu Ile Lys Le #u Asp Gly Arg Leu Arg         115           #       120           #       125 ATT CAA                 #                   #                   #          390 Ile Gln     130 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 67:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 130 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #67: Phe Gly Phe Lys Leu Ser His Leu Val Ser Ly #s Tyr Cys Ala Cys Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Leu Ala Ser Ala Leu Lys Tyr Ser Ile Asp Hi #s Gly Pro Arg Ile Ile              20      #             25      #             30 Gly Gly Glu Val Ala Gly Glu Gly Ser Ala Pr #o Tyr Gln Val Ser Leu          35          #         40          #         45 Arg Thr Lys Glu Gly Asn His Phe Cys Gly Gl #y Ser Ile Leu Asn Lys      50              #     55              #     60 Arg Trp Val Val Thr Ala Ala His Cys Leu Gl #u Pro Glu Ile Leu Asp  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Ser Val Tyr Val Gly Ser Asn His Leu Asp Ar #g Lys Gly Arg Tyr Tyr                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Asp Val Glu Arg Tyr Ile Ile His Glu Lys Ty #r Ile Gly Glu Leu Asn             100       #           105       #           110 Asn Phe Tyr Ala Asp Ile Gly Leu Ile Lys Le #u Asp Gly Arg Leu Arg         115           #       120           #       125 Ile Gln     130 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 68:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 240 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..240           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 218, change A to                M.  At # pos. aa 73, substitute Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #68: CGG GCT GCA GGA ATT CGG CAC GAG AAG AAA CT #G CCA ATA TTA ATC GCC       48 Arg Ala Ala Gly Ile Arg His Glu Lys Lys Le #u Pro Ile Leu Ile Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 TTG ATC GGA TGC GTT CTT TCT GAA GAA ATA GA #G GAT CGC ATT GTC GGC       96 Leu Ile Gly Cys Val Leu Ser Glu Glu Ile Gl #u Asp Arg Ile Val Gly              20      #             25      #             30 GGA ACG GCA GTT GAT ATA AGA GGT TTT CCC TG #G CAG GTA TCA ATT CAA      144 Gly Thr Ala Val Asp Ile Arg Gly Phe Pro Tr #p Gln Val Ser Ile Gln          35          #         40          #         45 ACC GAA AAC CGT CAT TTT TGT GGT GGT TCT AT #T ATC GAT AAA AGC TGG      192 Thr Glu Asn Arg His Phe Cys Gly Gly Ser Il #e Ile Asp Lys Ser Trp      50              #     55              #     60 ATA TTA ACT GCC GCA CAT TGT GTA CMC GAT AT #G AAG ATG TCG AAC TGG      240 Ile Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cys Val Xaa Asp Me #t Lys Met Ser Asn Trp  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 69:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 80 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #69: Arg Ala Ala Gly Ile Arg His Glu Lys Lys Le #u Pro Ile Leu Ile Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Leu Ile Gly Cys Val Leu Ser Glu Glu Ile Gl #u Asp Arg Ile Val Gly              20      #             25      #             30 Gly Thr Ala Val Asp Ile Arg Gly Phe Pro Tr #p Gln Val Ser Ile Gln          35          #         40          #         45 Thr Glu Asn Arg His Phe Cys Gly Gly Ser Il #e Ile Asp Lys Ser Trp      50              #     55              #     60 Ile Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cys Val Xaa Asp Me #t Lys Met Ser Asn Trp  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 70:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 177 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..177     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #70: CAC GAG ATT TTA TTA AGC GCA TTA TTT GCA AG #T GTA ATT TGC TCC TTT       48 His Glu Ile Leu Leu Ser Ala Leu Phe Ala Se #r Val Ile Cys Ser Phe   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 AAC GCG GAA GTA CAA AAT CGA ATC GTT GGT GG #C AAT GAT GTA AGT ATT       96 Asn Ala Glu Val Gln Asn Arg Ile Val Gly Gl #y Asn Asp Val Ser Ile              20      #             25      #             30 TCA AAA ATT GGG TGG CAA GTA TCT ATT CAA AG #T AAT AAA CAA CAT TTC      144 Ser Lys Ile Gly Trp Gln Val Ser Ile Gln Se #r Asn Lys Gln His Phe          35          #         40          #         45 TGT GGT GGT TCA ATC ATT GCT AAA GAT GGG TC #C                   #        177 Cys Gly Gly Ser Ile Ile Ala Lys Asp Gly Se #r      50              #     55 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 71:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 59 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #71: His Glu Ile Leu Leu Ser Ala Leu Phe Ala Se #r Val Ile Cys Ser Phe   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Asn Ala Glu Val Gln Asn Arg Ile Val Gly Gl #y Asn Asp Val Ser Ile              20      #             25      #             30 Ser Lys Ile Gly Trp Gln Val Ser Ile Gln Se #r Asn Lys Gln His Phe          35          #         40          #         45 Cys Gly Gly Ser Ile Ile Ala Lys Asp Gly Se #r      50              #     55 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 72:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 168 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..168     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #72: ATC ATG GCA AAT TTT AGG CTA TTC ACC TTA CT #A GCC TTG GTT TCA GTA       48 Ile Met Ala Asn Phe Arg Leu Phe Thr Leu Le #u Ala Leu Val Ser Val   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GCA ACT TCC AAA TAT ATT GAT CCA AGA ATA AT #T GGA GGC GAA GAT GCT       96 Ala Thr Ser Lys Tyr Ile Asp Pro Arg Ile Il #e Gly Gly Glu Asp Ala              20      #             25      #             30 CCT GAA GGC TCG GCT CCG TAC CAA GTT TCA TT #G AGA AAT CAG AAT CTG      144 Pro Glu Gly Ser Ala Pro Tyr Gln Val Ser Le #u Arg Asn Gln Asn Leu          35          #         40          #         45 GAG CAT TTC TGT GGT GGT TCC ATT      #                   #               168 Glu His Phe Cys Gly Gly Ser Ile      50              #     55 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 73:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 56 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #73: Ile Met Ala Asn Phe Arg Leu Phe Thr Leu Le #u Ala Leu Val Ser Val   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ala Thr Ser Lys Tyr Ile Asp Pro Arg Ile Il #e Gly Gly Glu Asp Ala              20      #             25      #             30 Pro Glu Gly Ser Ala Pro Tyr Gln Val Ser Le #u Arg Asn Gln Asn Leu          35          #         40          #         45 Glu His Phe Cys Gly Gly Ser Ile      50              #     55 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 74:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 192 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..192     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #74: GCA CGA GAT CGC ATT GTT GGA GGA TTG GAG GC #G AAA AAT GGA TCA GCC       48 Ala Arg Asp Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Leu Glu Al #a Lys Asn Gly Ser Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 CCA TTC ATG GTT TCT TTG CAA GCG GAA GAC TA #T TTT CAT TTT TGT GGA       96 Pro Phe Met Val Ser Leu Gln Ala Glu Asp Ty #r Phe His Phe Cys Gly              20      #             25      #             30 TCC TCT ATT CTG AAT GAG AGA TGG GTT CTT AC #T GCT GCT CAC TGT ATC      144 Ser Ser Ile Leu Asn Glu Arg Trp Val Leu Th #r Ala Ala His Cys Ile          35          #         40          #         45 CAA CCA AAT GTA CAC AAG TAC GTT TAC GTC GG #T TCG AAC AAC GTA GAA      192 Gln Pro Asn Val His Lys Tyr Val Tyr Val Gl #y Ser Asn Asn Val Glu      50              #     55              #     60 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 75:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 64 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #75: Ala Arg Asp Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Leu Glu Al #a Lys Asn Gly Ser Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Pro Phe Met Val Ser Leu Gln Ala Glu Asp Ty #r Phe His Phe Cys Gly              20      #             25      #             30 Ser Ser Ile Leu Asn Glu Arg Trp Val Leu Th #r Ala Ala His Cys Ile          35          #         40          #         45 Gln Pro Asn Val His Lys Tyr Val Tyr Val Gl #y Ser Asn Asn Val Glu      50              #     55              #     60 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 76:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 207 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..204     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #76: CCA ATC CAC GAT AGC CAA TAT GCA CTT TTG CA #G ATA TGG GTC AAG GGT       48 Pro Ile His Asp Ser Gln Tyr Ala Leu Leu Gl #n Ile Trp Val Lys Gly   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GCA TGT AAG GGT GAT TCC GGT GGC CCC TTA GT #C ATC AAT GGA CAA CTT       96 Ala Cys Lys Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu Va #l Ile Asn Gly Gln Leu              20      #             25      #             30 CAT GGA ATT GTT TCC TGG GGC ATT CCT TGC GC #T GTC GCA AGC CTG ATG      144 His Gly Ile Val Ser Trp Gly Ile Pro Cys Al #a Val Ala Ser Leu Met          35          #         40          #         45 TAT TCA CAA GAG TTT CTC ATT ATG TCG ATT GG #A TTA AAT CCA AAA TTG      192 Tyr Ser Gln Glu Phe Leu Ile Met Ser Ile Gl #y Leu Asn Pro Lys Leu      50              #     55              #     60 AAT AAA ATT GTT TAG            #                   #                   #   207 Asn Lys Ile Val  65 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 77:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 68 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #77: Pro Ile His Asp Ser Gln Tyr Ala Leu Leu Gl #n Ile Trp Val Lys Gly   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ala Cys Lys Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu Va #l Ile Asn Gly Gln Leu              20      #             25      #             30 His Gly Ile Val Ser Trp Gly Ile Pro Cys Al #a Val Ala Ser Leu Met          35          #         40          #         45 Tyr Ser Gln Glu Phe Leu Ile Met Ser Ile Gl #y Leu Asn Pro Lys Leu      50              #     55              #     60 Asn Lys Ile Val  65 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 78:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 159 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..156     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #78: GGA GGT CCT TTG GCA ATC AAT GGT GAA CTT GT #T GGT GTT ACT TCA TTC       48 Gly Gly Pro Leu Ala Ile Asn Gly Glu Leu Va #l Gly Val Thr Ser Phe   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 ATT ATG GGG ACA TGT GGA GGA GGA CAT CCT GA #T GTC TTC GGT CGA GTC       96 Ile Met Gly Thr Cys Gly Gly Gly His Pro As #p Val Phe Gly Arg Val              20      #             25      #             30 CTT GAC TTC AAA CCA TGG ATT GAT TCT CAT AT #G GCA AAT GAC GGC GCT      144 Leu Asp Phe Lys Pro Trp Ile Asp Ser His Me #t Ala Asn Asp Gly Ala          35          #         40          #         45 AAT TCT TTT ATT TAA            #                   #                   #   159 Asn Ser Phe Ile      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 79:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 52 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #79: Gly Gly Pro Leu Ala Ile Asn Gly Glu Leu Va #l Gly Val Thr Ser Phe   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ile Met Gly Thr Cys Gly Gly Gly His Pro As #p Val Phe Gly Arg Val              20      #             25      #             30 Leu Asp Phe Lys Pro Trp Ile Asp Ser His Me #t Ala Asn Asp Gly Ala          35          #         40          #         45 Asn Ser Phe Ile      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 80:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 779 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 3..699           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 371, change G to                B.  At # pos. aa 123, substitute Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #80: TT TTC TCA GCA CTC GTT GCC TTG TCT GCA GCT # ATT CCT CAC TCC AAC        47    Phe Ser Ala Leu Val Ala Leu Ser Ala  #Ala Ile Pro His Ser Asn      1              #  5                 #  10                 #  15 AGA GTC GTT GGA GGA CTG GAA GCT GCA GAA GG #T TCT GCA CCT TAC CAA       95 Arg Val Val Gly Gly Leu Glu Ala Ala Glu Gl #y Ser Ala Pro Tyr Gln                  20  #                 25  #                 30 GTA TCC TTG CAA GTT GGT AAC TTC CAC TTC TG #T GGT GGT TCA ATT TTG      143 Val Ser Leu Gln Val Gly Asn Phe His Phe Cy #s Gly Gly Ser Ile Leu              35      #             40      #             45 AAC GAA TAT TGG GTT TTG ACT GCT GCT CAC TG #T TTG GGT TAT GAC TTC      191 Asn Glu Tyr Trp Val Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cy #s Leu Gly Tyr Asp Phe          50          #         55          #         60 GAC GTG GTA GTG GGA ACA AAC AAA CTT GAT CA #A CCA GGT GAA AGA TAC      239 Asp Val Val Val Gly Thr Asn Lys Leu Asp Gl #n Pro Gly Glu Arg Tyr      65              #     70              #     75 CTC GTA GAA CAA ACT TTT GTT CAC CAA TTC GA #C CAG GAA TCT TTA AGA      287 Leu Val Glu Gln Thr Phe Val His Gln Phe As #p Gln Glu Ser Leu Arg  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 CAC GAT CTT GCT TTG GTA AAA GTG TCC AGC CC #T ATC GAA TTC AAT GAT      335 His Asp Leu Ala Leu Val Lys Val Ser Ser Pr #o Ile Glu Phe Asn Asp                 100   #               105   #               110 TAT GTT CAA CCA ATT CCA TTG GGC GAA ACT TA #T GTB GGC GGT GAA GTT      383 Tyr Val Gln Pro Ile Pro Leu Gly Glu Thr Ty #r Xaa Gly Gly Glu Val             115       #           120       #           125 GCT CGT CTT ACT GGA TGG GGA AGA CTT GGA GC #T AAC TTG AAT GGA CCG      431 Ala Arg Leu Thr Gly Trp Gly Arg Leu Gly Al #a Asn Leu Asn Gly Pro         130           #       135           #       140 AAT GAA CTC CAA GAA CTT AAC ACT GTC ACA TT #A AGC CAC CAG CAA TGT      479 Asn Glu Leu Gln Glu Leu Asn Thr Val Thr Le #u Ser His Gln Gln Cys     145               #   150               #   155 GTA AGA CAA CAA ATT TAT CCA GTA TAC GAC AG #C CAA CTT TGC ACA TTT      527 Val Arg Gln Gln Ile Tyr Pro Val Tyr Asp Se #r Gln Leu Cys Thr Phe 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 GTT GGC AGT GGA CGA GGC GCC TGC AAC GGT GA #C TCT GGT GGT CCA TTG      575 Val Gly Ser Gly Arg Gly Ala Cys Asn Gly As #p Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu                 180   #               185   #               190 GTC GTC AAT GGA GAA CTT CAC GGA GTC GTC TC #C TGG GGA ATC CCC TGC      623 Val Val Asn Gly Glu Leu His Gly Val Val Se #r Trp Gly Ile Pro Cys             195       #           200       #           205 GCC GTT GGA TTA CCC GAT GTC TTC ACA AGA GT #T TCA CAC TAC GCT GAC      671 Ala Val Gly Leu Pro Asp Val Phe Thr Arg Va #l Ser His Tyr Ala Asp         210           #       215           #       220 TGG ATT AGA GAG ACC ATG GAA AAT AAC T AATT #TTTAAT GGCATATTAT          719 Trp Ile Arg Glu Thr Met Glu Asn Asn     225               #   230 TGTATTGTCT GTGATGAAAA TTAATAAAAA CGTGATAGAT TAAAAAAAAA AA #AAAAAAA     779 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 81:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 232 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #81: Phe Ser Ala Leu Val Ala Leu Ser Ala Ala Il #e Pro His Ser Asn Arg   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Val Val Gly Gly Leu Glu Ala Ala Glu Gly Se #r Ala Pro Tyr Gln Val              20      #             25      #             30 Ser Leu Gln Val Gly Asn Phe His Phe Cys Gl #y Gly Ser Ile Leu Asn          35          #         40          #         45 Glu Tyr Trp Val Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cys Le #u Gly Tyr Asp Phe Asp      50              #     55              #     60 Val Val Val Gly Thr Asn Lys Leu Asp Gln Pr #o Gly Glu Arg Tyr Leu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Val Glu Gln Thr Phe Val His Gln Phe Asp Gl #n Glu Ser Leu Arg His                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Asp Leu Ala Leu Val Lys Val Ser Ser Pro Il #e Glu Phe Asn Asp Tyr             100       #           105       #           110 Val Gln Pro Ile Pro Leu Gly Glu Thr Tyr Xa #a Gly Gly Glu Val Ala         115           #       120           #       125 Arg Leu Thr Gly Trp Gly Arg Leu Gly Ala As #n Leu Asn Gly Pro Asn     130               #   135               #   140 Glu Leu Gln Glu Leu Asn Thr Val Thr Leu Se #r His Gln Gln Cys Val 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Arg Gln Gln Ile Tyr Pro Val Tyr Asp Ser Gl #n Leu Cys Thr Phe Val                 165   #               170   #               175 Gly Ser Gly Arg Gly Ala Cys Asn Gly Asp Se #r Gly Gly Pro Leu Val             180       #           185       #           190 Val Asn Gly Glu Leu His Gly Val Val Ser Tr #p Gly Ile Pro Cys Ala         195           #       200           #       205 Val Gly Leu Pro Asp Val Phe Thr Arg Val Se #r His Tyr Ala Asp Trp     210               #   215               #   220 Ile Arg Glu Thr Met Glu Asn Asn 225                 2 #30 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 82:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 944 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 3..768     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #82: CT GAA GTG TGG ATT CAT CGT TGT TTT CCT TGT # GGC GGC AGC TTG GGT        47    Glu Val Trp Ile His Arg Cys Phe Pro  #Cys Gly Gly Ser Leu Gly      1              #  5                 #  10                 #  15 GAA GAT TCG GTC GTC GAC CGC ATC GTC GGC GG #C ACC AGT GTT AAA ATT       95 Glu Asp Ser Val Val Asp Arg Ile Val Gly Gl #y Thr Ser Val Lys Ile                  20  #                 25  #                 30 GAG AAC TTC GGA TGG CAA GTG TCC TTA TTC GA #T CGT AAG GGT CAC TTT      143 Glu Asn Phe Gly Trp Gln Val Ser Leu Phe As #p Arg Lys Gly His Phe              35      #             40      #             45 TGC GGT GGT TCT ATA ATC AGC GAC GAA TGG GT #C TTG ACT GCT GCA CAT      191 Cys Gly Gly Ser Ile Ile Ser Asp Glu Trp Va #l Leu Thr Ala Ala His          50          #         55          #         60 TGC GTA TAC GAT TAT TTC TCG CCA AAG CAA TA #T GGA GTG CGT GTC GGA      239 Cys Val Tyr Asp Tyr Phe Ser Pro Lys Gln Ty #r Gly Val Arg Val Gly      65              #     70              #     75 AGC AGT TTA CGC AAC AAA GGT GGA GTC CTT CA #C AGA ATT TCC AGG GTA      287 Ser Ser Leu Arg Asn Lys Gly Gly Val Leu Hi #s Arg Ile Ser Arg Val  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 CAC ATT CAC CCA GAC TAC GAC ACG GTC AGC TA #C GAC AAT GAC GTC GCG      335 His Ile His Pro Asp Tyr Asp Thr Val Ser Ty #r Asp Asn Asp Val Ala                 100   #               105   #               110 CTC CTG AAA GTT GAA ACC AAA TTT AAA CTA AA #C GGC AGG AGC GTT CGC      383 Leu Leu Lys Val Glu Thr Lys Phe Lys Leu As #n Gly Arg Ser Val Arg             115       #           120       #           125 AAA GTT AAA TTG GTT GAC GAA GAT CAC GAG GT #T GAT GAT GGT GCC CGG      431 Lys Val Lys Leu Val Asp Glu Asp His Glu Va #l Asp Asp Gly Ala Arg         130           #       135           #       140 CTC ACC GTC ACT GGA TGG GGC AAA TTA AGT GA #A TCA GGA CCC AAG CCA      479 Leu Thr Val Thr Gly Trp Gly Lys Leu Ser Gl #u Ser Gly Pro Lys Pro     145               #   150               #   155 GTA AAT CTA CAA GGA GTA AAA GTG CCT TAT GT #G GAC CAA GAT ACA TGC      527 Val Asn Leu Gln Gly Val Lys Val Pro Tyr Va #l Asp Gln Asp Thr Cys 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 TCT GAC AGC TAC GTC TTT GCA GGA AAA GAT AT #C ACC GAA AAC ATG TTG      575 Ser Asp Ser Tyr Val Phe Ala Gly Lys Asp Il #e Thr Glu Asn Met Leu                 180   #               185   #               190 TGT GCC GGA GTT AGA AGA GGT GGC AAG GAC TC #C TGC CAG GGT GAC AGC      623 Cys Ala Gly Val Arg Arg Gly Gly Lys Asp Se #r Cys Gln Gly Asp Ser             195       #           200       #           205 GGT GGT CCA CTT GTG GAC GAA AAC AAA AAT CT #G GTC GGA GTC GTC TCT      671 Gly Gly Pro Leu Val Asp Glu Asn Lys Asn Le #u Val Gly Val Val Ser         210           #       215           #       220 TGG GGA AAT GGT TGT GCC AGA CCA AAC ATG CC #A GGA GTA TAC GCT AAA      719 Trp Gly Asn Gly Cys Ala Arg Pro Asn Met Pr #o Gly Val Tyr Ala Lys     225               #   230               #   235 GTT GCT GCT TCT AGC ATT AGA GAG TTC ATT CG #C AAA AAA ACT GGT CTT      768 Val Ala Ala Ser Ser Ile Arg Glu Phe Ile Ar #g Lys Lys Thr Gly Leu 240                 2 #45                 2 #50                 2 #55 AATTTCCTTA TATGAACAAA TGTTCCACCA AAAATATAGT TTAGATTTTA GT #ATAATAA     828 TCCTTTGTGA TTCATGCAAA TATTTTGTTT TATTTATTTA TTTACTTTAT TC #AAACGAA     888 GTATAAAGTG AATTAACAAT AAAAATGTTA GTGTTGCCAA AAAAAAAAAA AA #AAAA        944 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 83:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 255 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #83: Glu Val Trp Ile His Arg Cys Phe Pro Cys Gl #y Gly Ser Leu Gly Glu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Asp Ser Val Val Asp Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Th #r Ser Val Lys Ile Glu              20      #             25      #             30 Asn Phe Gly Trp Gln Val Ser Leu Phe Asp Ar #g Lys Gly His Phe Cys          35          #         40          #         45 Gly Gly Ser Ile Ile Ser Asp Glu Trp Val Le #u Thr Ala Ala His Cys      50              #     55              #     60 Val Tyr Asp Tyr Phe Ser Pro Lys Gln Tyr Gl #y Val Arg Val Gly Ser  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Ser Leu Arg Asn Lys Gly Gly Val Leu His Ar #g Ile Ser Arg Val His                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Ile His Pro Asp Tyr Asp Thr Val Ser Tyr As #p Asn Asp Val Ala Leu             100       #           105       #           110 Leu Lys Val Glu Thr Lys Phe Lys Leu Asn Gl #y Arg Ser Val Arg Lys         115           #       120           #       125 Val Lys Leu Val Asp Glu Asp His Glu Val As #p Asp Gly Ala Arg Leu     130               #   135               #   140 Thr Val Thr Gly Trp Gly Lys Leu Ser Glu Se #r Gly Pro Lys Pro Val 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Asn Leu Gln Gly Val Lys Val Pro Tyr Val As #p Gln Asp Thr Cys Ser                 165   #               170   #               175 Asp Ser Tyr Val Phe Ala Gly Lys Asp Ile Th #r Glu Asn Met Leu Cys             180       #           185       #           190 Ala Gly Val Arg Arg Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cy #s Gln Gly Asp Ser Gly         195           #       200           #       205 Gly Pro Leu Val Asp Glu Asn Lys Asn Leu Va #l Gly Val Val Ser Trp     210               #   215               #   220 Gly Asn Gly Cys Ala Arg Pro Asn Met Pro Gl #y Val Tyr Ala Lys Val 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Ala Ala Ser Ser Ile Arg Glu Phe Ile Arg Ly #s Lys Thr Gly Leu                 245   #               250   #               255 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 84:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 157 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..157     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #84: GGA ATT CGG CAC GAG TAT CTG TGC CCT CGC AG #T CTG CAC CCT TGG CGT       48 Gly Ile Arg His Glu Tyr Leu Cys Pro Arg Se #r Leu His Pro Trp Arg   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 AGC GTT CCT GAC TTT TGG AAC AGG TTA GAT GG #C AGA ATC GTT GGA GGA       96 Ser Val Pro Asp Phe Trp Asn Arg Leu Asp Gl #y Arg Ile Val Gly Gly              20      #             25      #             30 CAC GAT ACT AGC ATT GAT AAC ATC CTC ATG CA #A GTA TCT TTG AGT TTA      144 His Asp Thr Ser Ile Asp Asn Ile Leu Met Gl #n Val Ser Leu Ser Leu          35          #         40          #         45 CAC AAA CCA CAA  T           #                   #                   #     157 His Lys Pro Gln      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 85:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 52 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #85: Gly Ile Arg His Glu Tyr Leu Cys Pro Arg Se #r Leu His Pro Trp Arg   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ser Val Pro Asp Phe Trp Asn Arg Leu Asp Gl #y Arg Ile Val Gly Gly              20      #             25      #             30 His Asp Thr Ser Ile Asp Asn Ile Leu Met Gl #n Val Ser Leu Ser Leu          35          #         40          #         45 His Lys Pro Gln      50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 86:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 218 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 3..218     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #86: AA GAT GTA GAA TTA ACA CCT GGA ACT ATG TGC # ACT GTT ACT GGA TGG        47    Asp Val Glu Leu Thr Pro Gly Thr Met  #Cys Thr Val Thr Gly Trp      1              #  5                 #  10                 #  15 GGA TCA ACT GGA TCT GGT GGT CCA ATT ACA AA #T GTT CTA CAA GAA GTC       95 Gly Ser Thr Gly Ser Gly Gly Pro Ile Thr As #n Val Leu Gln Glu Val                  20  #                 25  #                 30 GAA GTT CCA TTT ATC GAC TTC AAC ACC TGC CG #A AAA TCC TAC TCA ACC      143 Glu Val Pro Phe Ile Asp Phe Asn Thr Cys Ar #g Lys Ser Tyr Ser Thr              35      #             40      #             45 AGC TTA ACC GAC CGT ATG TTC TGC GCT GGA TT #T TTG GGA ATT GGT GGT      191 Ser Leu Thr Asp Arg Met Phe Cys Ala Gly Ph #e Leu Gly Ile Gly Gly          50          #         55          #         60 AAG GAC GCT TGC CAA GGC GAC TCC GGA     #                   #            218 Lys Asp Ala Cys Gln Gly Asp Ser Gly      65              #     70 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 87:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 72 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #87: Asp Val Glu Leu Thr Pro Gly Thr Met Cys Th #r Val Thr Gly Trp Gly   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ser Thr Gly Ser Gly Gly Pro Ile Thr Asn Va #l Leu Gln Glu Val Glu              20      #             25      #             30 Val Pro Phe Ile Asp Phe Asn Thr Cys Arg Ly #s Ser Tyr Ser Thr Ser          35          #         40          #         45 Leu Thr Asp Arg Met Phe Cys Ala Gly Phe Le #u Gly Ile Gly Gly Lys      50              #     55              #     60 Asp Ala Cys Gln Gly Asp Ser Gly  65                  # 70 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 88:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 932 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 2..770           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 276, change G to               K.  At  #pos. bp 332, change G to K.  At pos. aa  #92 and aa               111, substitu #te Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #88: G TTC ATA TTT GTG CTC GTT TGC GTT GGA TTG  #AGC GCC GTC TCA TCT         46   Phe Ile Phe Val Leu Val Cys Val Gly L #eu Ser Ala Val Ser Ser     1               # 5                  # 10                  # 15 TAC AAG ATA AAG GAT GGA TTA GAT GGG CGC AT #T GTT GGA GGA CAA GAT       94 Tyr Lys Ile Lys Asp Gly Leu Asp Gly Arg Il #e Val Gly Gly Gln Asp                  20  #                 25  #                 30 GCT GAT ATT GCC AAA TAT GGC TAT CAA GCT TC #A CTC CAA GTA TTT AAC      142 Ala Asp Ile Ala Lys Tyr Gly Tyr Gln Ala Se #r Leu Gln Val Phe Asn              35      #             40      #             45 GAA CAT TTC TGT GGA GCT TCA ATA TTG AAT AA #T TAT TGG ATT GTC ACA      190 Glu His Phe Cys Gly Ala Ser Ile Leu Asn As #n Tyr Trp Ile Val Thr          50          #         55          #         60 GCA GCT CAT TGC ATA TAT GAT GAA TTC ACG TA #T TCA GTT CGA GTC GGC      238 Ala Ala His Cys Ile Tyr Asp Glu Phe Thr Ty #r Ser Val Arg Val Gly      65              #     70              #     75 ACC AGT TTC CAA GGA AGA CGT GGT TCC GTT CA #T CCT GKG GCA CAA ATT      286 Thr Ser Phe Gln Gly Arg Arg Gly Ser Val Hi #s Pro Xaa Ala Gln Ile  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 ATC AAG CAT CCT GCA TAC GGT AAT GTA ACT GA #C ATC GAT ATG GAA KGC      334 Ile Lys His Pro Ala Tyr Gly Asn Val Thr As #p Ile Asp Met Glu Xaa                 100   #               105   #               110 GCC CTC ATC AAG GTT CGA AGA CCA TTC CGG TT #G AAT AAC AGA ACT GTT      382 Ala Leu Ile Lys Val Arg Arg Pro Phe Arg Le #u Asn Asn Arg Thr Val             115       #           120       #           125 AGA ACA GTC AAA CTT ACT GAT GTT GGA AAA GA #C ATG CCA TCA GGA GAA      430 Arg Thr Val Lys Leu Thr Asp Val Gly Lys As #p Met Pro Ser Gly Glu         130           #       135           #       140 TTA GCC ACT GTT ACT GGC TGG GGA AAT TTA GG #G GAA GAT GAA GAC GAC      478 Leu Ala Thr Val Thr Gly Trp Gly Asn Leu Gl #y Glu Asp Glu Asp Asp     145               #   150               #   155 CCC GAA CAA CTG CAA TAT GTA AAG GTA CCT AT #T GTT AAC TGG ACT CAG      526 Pro Glu Gln Leu Gln Tyr Val Lys Val Pro Il #e Val Asn Trp Thr Gln 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 TGC AAA ACT ATA TAT GGA AAT GAA GGA CTA AT #A ATT ACC CAA AAT ATG      574 Cys Lys Thr Ile Tyr Gly Asn Glu Gly Leu Il #e Ile Thr Gln Asn Met                 180   #               185   #               190 ATT TGT GCT GGT TAT CCT GAA GGC GGT AAG GA #C TCT TGC CAA GGA GAT      622 Ile Cys Ala Gly Tyr Pro Glu Gly Gly Lys As #p Ser Cys Gln Gly Asp             195       #           200       #           205 AGC GGT GGC CCA CTC GTC AAC TCT AAG GGA GT #T CTG CAT GGA ATA GTG      670 Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu Val Asn Ser Lys Gly Va #l Leu His Gly Ile Val         210           #       215           #       220 TCT TGG GGA ATA GGA TGT GCA CGA CCC GAA AT #C CCA GGA GTA TAT ACC      718 Ser Trp Gly Ile Gly Cys Ala Arg Pro Glu Il #e Pro Gly Val Tyr Thr     225               #   230               #   235 CGA GTG GCT TCA AAA CCA ATA AGA GAA TTT AT #C AAA ATG CAC ACT GGA      766 Arg Val Ala Ser Lys Pro Ile Arg Glu Phe Il #e Lys Met His Thr Gly 240                 2 #45                 2 #50                 2 #55 ATA T AAGAGTTTTA ACTTATAATA TTACAAATAT TTTTTGATAT TCCT #TAATTT         820 Ile CAATGATATA CTAAGACGAG ATGTTTTACA AAATTTTGAT ACTCAACTAA CA #AATTAAA     880 CATATTACTA CTCAAATAAA TATCACTAAT AATCAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAA AA #            932 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 89:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 256 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #89: Phe Ile Phe Val Leu Val Cys Val Gly Leu Se #r Ala Val Ser Ser Tyr   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Lys Ile Lys Asp Gly Leu Asp Gly Arg Ile Va #l Gly Gly Gln Asp Ala              20      #             25      #             30 Asp Ile Ala Lys Tyr Gly Tyr Gln Ala Ser Le #u Gln Val Phe Asn Glu          35          #         40          #         45 His Phe Cys Gly Ala Ser Ile Leu Asn Asn Ty #r Trp Ile Val Thr Ala      50              #     55              #     60 Ala His Cys Ile Tyr Asp Glu Phe Thr Tyr Se #r Val Arg Val Gly Thr  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Ser Phe Gln Gly Arg Arg Gly Ser Val His Pr #o Xaa Ala Gln Ile Ile                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Lys His Pro Ala Tyr Gly Asn Val Thr Asp Il #e Asp Met Glu Xaa Ala             100       #           105       #           110 Leu Ile Lys Val Arg Arg Pro Phe Arg Leu As #n Asn Arg Thr Val Arg         115           #       120           #       125 Thr Val Lys Leu Thr Asp Val Gly Lys Asp Me #t Pro Ser Gly Glu Leu     130               #   135               #   140 Ala Thr Val Thr Gly Trp Gly Asn Leu Gly Gl #u Asp Glu Asp Asp Pro 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Glu Gln Leu Gln Tyr Val Lys Val Pro Ile Va #l Asn Trp Thr Gln Cys                 165   #               170   #               175 Lys Thr Ile Tyr Gly Asn Glu Gly Leu Ile Il #e Thr Gln Asn Met Ile             180       #           185       #           190 Cys Ala Gly Tyr Pro Glu Gly Gly Lys Asp Se #r Cys Gln Gly Asp Ser         195           #       200           #       205 Gly Gly Pro Leu Val Asn Ser Lys Gly Val Le #u His Gly Ile Val Ser     210               #   215               #   220 Trp Gly Ile Gly Cys Ala Arg Pro Glu Ile Pr #o Gly Val Tyr Thr Arg 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Val Ala Ser Lys Pro Ile Arg Glu Phe Ile Ly #s Met His Thr Gly Ile                 245   #               250   #               255 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 90:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 894 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..766           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 560, change G to                N.  At # pos. aa 187, substitute Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #90: CCG GCG GTG ATT GTG TCA TTT GTT CTG GCT TG #T GCA TTT TCT GTA CAG       48 Pro Ala Val Ile Val Ser Phe Val Leu Ala Cy #s Ala Phe Ser Val Gln   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GCT CTT CCA TCA AGC AGA ATT GTC AAT GGA CT #T GAA GCA GGA GTT GGA       96 Ala Leu Pro Ser Ser Arg Ile Val Asn Gly Le #u Glu Ala Gly Val Gly              20      #             25      #             30 CAA TTT CCA ATT CAG GTT TTC TTA GAC TTG AC #A AAT ATC AGA GAC GAA      144 Gln Phe Pro Ile Gln Val Phe Leu Asp Leu Th #r Asn Ile Arg Asp Glu          35          #         40          #         45 AAA TCC AGA TGT GGT GGT GCT TTG TTA TCA GA #T TCA TGG GTT TTG ACT      192 Lys Ser Arg Cys Gly Gly Ala Leu Leu Ser As #p Ser Trp Val Leu Thr      50              #     55              #     60 GCT GCT CAT TGT TTT GAT GAT TTG AAG TCT AT #G GTA GTG TCC GTT GGT      240 Ala Ala His Cys Phe Asp Asp Leu Lys Ser Me #t Val Val Ser Val Gly  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 GCT CAT GAT GTC AGC AAA TCT GAA GAA CCT CA #C AGG CAA ACC AGG AAA      288 Ala His Asp Val Ser Lys Ser Glu Glu Pro Hi #s Arg Gln Thr Arg Lys                  85  #                 90  #                 95 CCT GAA AGG TAC TTC CAG CAT GAA AAA TAC GA #C AGG GCA AAT CTT GCA      336 Pro Glu Arg Tyr Phe Gln His Glu Lys Tyr As #p Arg Ala Asn Leu Ala             100       #           105       #           110 TAT GAT CTT GGT TTG TTG AAA TTG GAC AAA CC #A GTG GAA TTG AAT GAT      384 Tyr Asp Leu Gly Leu Leu Lys Leu Asp Lys Pr #o Val Glu Leu Asn Asp         115           #       120           #       125 TTC GTG AAA CTC ACA AAA TTG AAC AAA GAC AA #A ACT GAA ACT TTT GTC      432 Phe Val Lys Leu Thr Lys Leu Asn Lys Asp Ly #s Thr Glu Thr Phe Val     130               #   135               #   140 GGC AAA ACT GCA ACT GTT AGT GGA TGG GCA TC #T CCA AAG ATT TCC CCT      480 Gly Lys Thr Ala Thr Val Ser Gly Trp Ala Se #r Pro Lys Ile Ser Pro 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 GCT TTC GAA TTG CCT GAC AAA CTA CAG TAC AC #A ACT TTG GAA GTC CAA      528 Ala Phe Glu Leu Pro Asp Lys Leu Gln Tyr Th #r Thr Leu Glu Val Gln                 165   #               170   #               175 CCA AGT GAA GAC TGC AAA AAA GTA TGG GCC CN #T TAC ATG CGC GAC TAC      576 Pro Ser Glu Asp Cys Lys Lys Val Trp Ala Xa #a Tyr Met Arg Asp Tyr             180       #           185       #           190 ATC CTT TGT GCC AAA TTT GAA AAA CAA AAC AT #T TGC ACT GGT GAC AGT      624 Ile Leu Cys Ala Lys Phe Glu Lys Gln Asn Il #e Cys Thr Gly Asp Ser         195           #       200           #       205 GGC GGT CCA TTG ACC ATT GAT GGT GTC CAA GT #T GGT GTG GTG AGT TTT      672 Gly Gly Pro Leu Thr Ile Asp Gly Val Gln Va #l Gly Val Val Ser Phe     210               #   215               #   220 GGA AGT GTT CCT TGT GCC AGA GGA AAT CCT TC #A GGA TTT ACC AAT GTT      720 Gly Ser Val Pro Cys Ala Arg Gly Asn Pro Se #r Gly Phe Thr Asn Val 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 GCT CAT TTT GTG GAT TGG ATT CAA GAA CAT AC #T GGA TTG GAA TTG T        766 Ala His Phe Val Asp Trp Ile Gln Glu His Th #r Gly Leu Glu Leu                 245   #               250   #               255 AAAAATAAAA CTCAAACTAA AAAAAAAATA ATTTAATTGC ACTGAAAAAT TT #TTCAAGA     826 AAGTTTGGAT CGTTTTGTAA TTGAATGACA ATAAAAGCGT AAATTAGAAA AA #AAAAAAA     886 AAAAACTC                 #                   #                   #         894 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 91:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 255 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #91: Pro Ala Val Ile Val Ser Phe Val Leu Ala Cy #s Ala Phe Ser Val Gln   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ala Leu Pro Ser Ser Arg Ile Val Asn Gly Le #u Glu Ala Gly Val Gly              20      #             25      #             30 Gln Phe Pro Ile Gln Val Phe Leu Asp Leu Th #r Asn Ile Arg Asp Glu          35          #         40          #         45 Lys Ser Arg Cys Gly Gly Ala Leu Leu Ser As #p Ser Trp Val Leu Thr      50              #     55              #     60 Ala Ala His Cys Phe Asp Asp Leu Lys Ser Me #t Val Val Ser Val Gly  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Ala His Asp Val Ser Lys Ser Glu Glu Pro Hi #s Arg Gln Thr Arg Lys                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Pro Glu Arg Tyr Phe Gln His Glu Lys Tyr As #p Arg Ala Asn Leu Ala             100       #           105       #           110 Tyr Asp Leu Gly Leu Leu Lys Leu Asp Lys Pr #o Val Glu Leu Asn Asp         115           #       120           #       125 Phe Val Lys Leu Thr Lys Leu Asn Lys Asp Ly #s Thr Glu Thr Phe Val     130               #   135               #   140 Gly Lys Thr Ala Thr Val Ser Gly Trp Ala Se #r Pro Lys Ile Ser Pro 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Ala Phe Glu Leu Pro Asp Lys Leu Gln Tyr Th #r Thr Leu Glu Val Gln                 165   #               170   #               175 Pro Ser Glu Asp Cys Lys Lys Val Trp Ala Xa #a Tyr Met Arg Asp Tyr             180       #           185       #           190 Ile Leu Cys Ala Lys Phe Glu Lys Gln Asn Il #e Cys Thr Gly Asp Ser         195           #       200           #       205 Gly Gly Pro Leu Thr Ile Asp Gly Val Gln Va #l Gly Val Val Ser Phe     210               #   215               #   220 Gly Ser Val Pro Cys Ala Arg Gly Asn Pro Se #r Gly Phe Thr Asn Val 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Ala His Phe Val Asp Trp Ile Gln Glu His Th #r Gly Leu Glu Leu                 245   #               250   #               255 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 92:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 299 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 3..299           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 178/179, change                G/C to  #V/Y.  At pos. aa 59, substitue Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #92: AA TTC GGC ACG AGA GTT AGT CTT TCC AAT TCG # ATC AGA CCT TCT TGT        47    Phe Gly Thr Arg Val Ser Leu Ser Asn  #Ser Ile Arg Pro Ser Cys      1              #  5                 #  10                 #  15 TTA TGG GCC AAT GAC GAG TTC GAC ACA GAT AG #T TCA ATT GCT ACT GGT       95 Leu Trp Ala Asn Asp Glu Phe Asp Thr Asp Se #r Ser Ile Ala Thr Gly                  20  #                 25  #                 30 TGG GGA AAG ATA GAC TAT GCT GAG AGC AGA AG #T GAT GAC CTA CTG AAA      143 Trp Gly Lys Ile Asp Tyr Ala Glu Ser Arg Se #r Asp Asp Leu Leu Lys              35      #             40      #             45 GTA GTA CTG AAA ATT ATT GAT AAT AGG CAA TG #C GVY CCC TTA TAC GTT      191 Val Val Leu Lys Ile Ile Asp Asn Arg Gln Cy #s Xaa Pro Leu Tyr Val          50          #         55          #         60 GAT CAG ATT AAT AGA AGA AGA TTG AGA AAT GG #A ATT GTA GAT ACA CAG      239 Asp Gln Ile Asn Arg Arg Arg Leu Arg Asn Gl #y Ile Val Asp Thr Gln      65              #     70              #     75 ATG TGT GCA GGA GAA TTG GAT GGT GGC AAA GA #C ACT TGC CAG GGA GAT      287 Met Cys Ala Gly Glu Leu Asp Gly Gly Lys As #p Thr Cys Gln Gly Asp  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 TCA GGT GGT CCT             #                   #                   #      299 Ser Gly Gly Pro (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 93:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 99 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #93: Phe Gly Thr Arg Val Ser Leu Ser Asn Ser Il #e Arg Pro Ser Cys Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Trp Ala Asn Asp Glu Phe Asp Thr Asp Ser Se #r Ile Ala Thr Gly Trp              20      #             25      #             30 Gly Lys Ile Asp Tyr Ala Glu Ser Arg Ser As #p Asp Leu Leu Lys Val          35          #         40          #         45 Val Leu Lys Ile Ile Asp Asn Arg Gln Cys Xa #a Pro Leu Tyr Val Asp      50              #     55              #     60 Gln Ile Asn Arg Arg Arg Leu Arg Asn Gly Il #e Val Asp Thr Gln Met  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Cys Ala Gly Glu Leu Asp Gly Gly Lys Asp Th #r Cys Gln Gly Asp Ser                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Gly Gly Pro (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 94:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 266 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..266     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #94: CTT GCA TAT CCG CTC AAG TTT AGC GAA GAC AT #C CAA CCG ATC ATG ATG       48 Leu Ala Tyr Pro Leu Lys Phe Ser Glu Asp Il #e Gln Pro Ile Met Met   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GCC GAA AAG GAC TAC GAA CCA CCA GCA GGA AC #C AAG GCT TAT GTG TCT       96 Ala Glu Lys Asp Tyr Glu Pro Pro Ala Gly Th #r Lys Ala Tyr Val Ser              20      #             25      #             30 GGA TGG GGA AGA ACA TCG TTC GGT GGC CAA TT #G TCT AAA AAT CTG CGA      144 Gly Trp Gly Arg Thr Ser Phe Gly Gly Gln Le #u Ser Lys Asn Leu Arg          35          #         40          #         45 GGA GTC GAG TTG GAA ATA ATA GAT CTA TTC GA #T TGT TTC CTT TCC TAC      192 Gly Val Glu Leu Glu Ile Ile Asp Leu Phe As #p Cys Phe Leu Ser Tyr      50              #     55              #     60 ATG GAT AAA GTA AAC GTG TCC GAA AGG CAA GT #T TGC GCT GGA ATC CCC      240 Met Asp Lys Val Asn Val Ser Glu Arg Gln Va #l Cys Ala Gly Ile Pro  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 GTT GTA GGT GGT AAA GAT TCT TGC  CA    #                   #             266 Val Val Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys                  85 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 95:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 88 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #95: Leu Ala Tyr Pro Leu Lys Phe Ser Glu Asp Il #e Gln Pro Ile Met Met   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ala Glu Lys Asp Tyr Glu Pro Pro Ala Gly Th #r Lys Ala Tyr Val Ser              20      #             25      #             30 Gly Trp Gly Arg Thr Ser Phe Gly Gly Gln Le #u Ser Lys Asn Leu Arg          35          #         40          #         45 Gly Val Glu Leu Glu Ile Ile Asp Leu Phe As #p Cys Phe Leu Ser Tyr      50              #     55              #     60 Met Asp Lys Val Asn Val Ser Glu Arg Gln Va #l Cys Ala Gly Ile Pro  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Val Val Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys                  85 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 96:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 378 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..376           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 3, change G to               S.  At  #pos. bp 270, change A to W.  At pos. aa  #1 and aa               90, substitut #e Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #96: GGS GGT ACT TCC CAC CGT GTT GCC CAA ATC GT #C GTC CAC CCA CAA TAC       48 Xaa Gly Thr Ser His Arg Val Ala Gln Ile Va #l Val His Pro Gln Tyr   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 AAC GGC AAC ACC AAC ATC AAC GAT GTT GCT GT #T CTC CGT GTT CAA GAC       96 Asn Gly Asn Thr Asn Ile Asn Asp Val Ala Va #l Leu Arg Val Gln Asp              20      #             25      #             30 AAA TTC GTA TTA AAC GGC AGA TCA GTT CGC CC #C GTT GAC ATG ATC GCT      144 Lys Phe Val Leu Asn Gly Arg Ser Val Arg Pr #o Val Asp Met Ile Ala          35          #         40          #         45 TCT GGT GTT GAC ACT CCA GCT GGA GCT CCC CT #T TAC GTC ACT GGA TGG      192 Ser Gly Val Asp Thr Pro Ala Gly Ala Pro Le #u Tyr Val Thr Gly Trp      50              #     55              #     60 GGT GCA GTC TAC GAA GGA GGT GCA GGA TCC AC #C CAA TTA CTA GGA GTA      240 Gly Ala Val Tyr Glu Gly Gly Ala Gly Ser Th #r Gln Leu Leu Gly Val  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 GGT GTA CCC ATG CGT AGC CAC AAA AAC ACW TG #T AAC AGC AAA TAC TCC      288 Gly Val Pro Met Arg Ser His Lys Asn Xaa Cy #s Asn Ser Lys Tyr Ser                  85  #                 90  #                 95 CAA TTT GGC GGT GTT GCT CCT AGC ATG ATC TG #C GCT GGA TTT GAC CAA      336 Gln Phe Gly Gly Val Ala Pro Ser Met Ile Cy #s Ala Gly Phe Asp Gln             100       #           105       #           110 GGC GGT AAG GAC GCT TGT CAA GGA GAC TCT GG #T GGT CCT  T TA            # 378 Gly Gly Lys Asp Ala Cys Gln Gly Asp Ser Gl #y Gly Pro         115           #       120           #       125 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 97:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 125 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #97: Xaa Gly Thr Ser His Arg Val Ala Gln Ile Va #l Val His Pro Gln Tyr   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Asn Gly Asn Thr Asn Ile Asn Asp Val Ala Va #l Leu Arg Val Gln Asp              20      #             25      #             30 Lys Phe Val Leu Asn Gly Arg Ser Val Arg Pr #o Val Asp Met Ile Ala          35          #         40          #         45 Ser Gly Val Asp Thr Pro Ala Gly Ala Pro Le #u Tyr Val Thr Gly Trp      50              #     55              #     60 Gly Ala Val Tyr Glu Gly Gly Ala Gly Ser Th #r Gln Leu Leu Gly Val  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Gly Val Pro Met Arg Ser His Lys Asn Xaa Cy #s Asn Ser Lys Tyr Ser                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Gln Phe Gly Gly Val Ala Pro Ser Met Ile Cy #s Ala Gly Phe Asp Gln             100       #           105       #           110 Gly Gly Lys Asp Ala Cys Gln Gly Asp Ser Gl #y Gly Pro         115           #       120           #       125 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 98:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 252 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..252     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #98: CGC GCG CCC TGT TGC CCT ACC AGC AGA GAA CG #A GGA AAC CGA AAC AGG       48 Arg Ala Pro Cys Cys Pro Thr Ser Arg Glu Ar #g Gly Asn Arg Asn Arg   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GTC ACA CTC ACG GTG ACG GGT TGG GGA ACT AC #A GAG AGT ACT GAA TCA       96 Val Thr Leu Thr Val Thr Gly Trp Gly Thr Th #r Glu Ser Thr Glu Ser              20      #             25      #             30 TCA CAC CAC CTG AAA GAA GTT GAA GTG AAC GC #T GTA TCT AAT AGT GAA      144 Ser His His Leu Lys Glu Val Glu Val Asn Al #a Val Ser Asn Ser Glu          35          #         40          #         45 TGT CAA AGG CCT AAT GAA GAT CTT GCT ACT AT #A TCA TCA CAT GAG ATA      192 Cys Gln Arg Pro Asn Glu Asp Leu Ala Thr Il #e Ser Ser His Glu Ile      50              #     55              #     60 TGT GCA AGC GTT CCT GGT GGC GGC AAA GAT TC #T TGT CAA GGA GAC TCT      240 Cys Ala Ser Val Pro Gly Gly Gly Lys Asp Se #r Cys Gln Gly Asp Ser  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 GGT GGT CCT TTA             #                   #                   #      252 Gly Gly Pro Leu (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 99:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 84 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #99: Arg Ala Pro Cys Cys Pro Thr Ser Arg Glu Ar #g Gly Asn Arg Asn Arg   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Val Thr Leu Thr Val Thr Gly Trp Gly Thr Th #r Glu Ser Thr Glu Ser              20      #             25      #             30 Ser His His Leu Lys Glu Val Glu Val Asn Al #a Val Ser Asn Ser Glu          35          #         40          #         45 Cys Gln Arg Pro Asn Glu Asp Leu Ala Thr Il #e Ser Ser His Glu Ile      50              #     55              #     60 Cys Ala Ser Val Pro Gly Gly Gly Lys Asp Se #r Cys Gln Gly Asp Ser  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Gly Gly Pro Leu (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 100:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 225 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..208     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #100: CCA ATC CAC GAT AGC CAA TAT GCA CTT TTG CA #G ATA TGG GTC AAG GGT       48 Pro Ile His Asp Ser Gln Tyr Ala Leu Leu Gl #n Ile Trp Val Lys Gly   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GCA TGT AAG GGT GAT TCC GGT GGC CCC TTA GT #C ATC AAT GGA CAA CTT       96 Ala Cys Lys Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu Va #l Ile Asn Gly Gln Leu              20      #             25      #             30 CAT GGA ATT GTT TCC TGG GGC ATT CCT TGC GC #T GTC GCA AGC CTG ATG      144 His Gly Ile Val Ser Trp Gly Ile Pro Cys Al #a Val Ala Ser Leu Met          35          #         40          #         45 TAT TCA CAA GAG TTT CTC ATT ATG TCG ATT GG #A TTA AAT CCA AAA TTG      192 Tyr Ser Gln Glu Phe Leu Ile Met Ser Ile Gl #y Leu Asn Pro Lys Leu      50              #     55              #     60 CCA AAT AAA ATT GTT  T AGAGTATTAA AAAAAAA   #                   #        225 Pro Asn Lys Ile Val  65 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 101:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 69 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #101: Pro Ile His Asp Ser Gln Tyr Ala Leu Leu Gl #n Ile Trp Val Lys Gly   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ala Cys Lys Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu Va #l Ile Asn Gly Gln Leu              20      #             25      #             30 His Gly Ile Val Ser Trp Gly Ile Pro Cys Al #a Val Ala Ser Leu Met          35          #         40          #         45 Tyr Ser Gln Glu Phe Leu Ile Met Ser Ile Gl #y Leu Asn Pro Lys Leu      50              #     55              #     60 Pro Asn Lys Ile Val  65 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 102:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 850 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 2..758     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #102: C CTG GTG AAA CTT TTC TTT GTA ATG TAC TGT  #GCT TGT GCA TTA GCA         46   Leu Val Lys Leu Phe Phe Val Met Tyr C #ys Ala Cys Ala Leu Ala     1               # 5                  # 10                  # 15 TCG GCA CTG AAG TAC TCC ATC GAT CAT GGT CC #T CGT ATC ATC GGA GGT       94 Ser Ala Leu Lys Tyr Ser Ile Asp His Gly Pr #o Arg Ile Ile Gly Gly                  20  #                 25  #                 30 GAA GTT GCA GGT GAA GGA TCA GCA CCT TAC CA #G GTG TCC TTA AGA ACC      142 Glu Val Ala Gly Glu Gly Ser Ala Pro Tyr Gl #n Val Ser Leu Arg Thr              35      #             40      #             45 AAG GAA GGA AAT CAT TTT TGC GGT GGA TCA AT #A CTA AAT AAG CGA TGG      190 Lys Glu Gly Asn His Phe Cys Gly Gly Ser Il #e Leu Asn Lys Arg Trp          50          #         55          #         60 GTT GTA ACT GCA GCA CAT TGT CTT GAA CCG GA #A ATA TTA GAT TCG GTA      238 Val Val Thr Ala Ala His Cys Leu Glu Pro Gl #u Ile Leu Asp Ser Val      65              #     70              #     75 TAC GTC GGA TCC AAT CAC TTA GAC CGA AAA GG #C AGA TAT TAC GAC GTA      286 Tyr Val Gly Ser Asn His Leu Asp Arg Lys Gl #y Arg Tyr Tyr Asp Val  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 GAA CGG TAT ATA ATT CAT GAA AAA TAT ATA GG #A GAA CTA AAT AAT TTT      334 Glu Arg Tyr Ile Ile His Glu Lys Tyr Ile Gl #y Glu Leu Asn Asn Phe                 100   #               105   #               110 TAT GCT GAC ATC GGT CTA ATA AAA CTT GAT GA #A GAC TTA GAA TTC AAT      382 Tyr Ala Asp Ile Gly Leu Ile Lys Leu Asp Gl #u Asp Leu Glu Phe Asn             115       #           120       #           125 GAC AAA GTC AAG CCA ATA AAA ATT CAT GAA AA #C ACA ATT CAA GGT GGT      430 Asp Lys Val Lys Pro Ile Lys Ile His Glu As #n Thr Ile Gln Gly Gly         130           #       135           #       140 GAA GGG CTT AGA GCA ACA GGT TGG GGA CGT CT #T GGT GCT GGT CGC CCA      478 Glu Gly Leu Arg Ala Thr Gly Trp Gly Arg Le #u Gly Ala Gly Arg Pro     145               #   150               #   155 ATT CCT AAT AAA TTG CAG GAG CTA CAA ACA TT #T GCT TTA AGT GAT AAA      526 Ile Pro Asn Lys Leu Gln Glu Leu Gln Thr Ph #e Ala Leu Ser Asp Lys 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 GAT TGT ACA GTA AAA ACT GGT CTT GTA CCA AA #G TCA CAA CTT TGT GTT      574 Asp Cys Thr Val Lys Thr Gly Leu Val Pro Ly #s Ser Gln Leu Cys Val                 180   #               185   #               190 TTC CGT GCA TCG GAA AAA GGA GTT TGC TTT GG #T GAT TCG GGA GGT CCT      622 Phe Arg Ala Ser Glu Lys Gly Val Cys Phe Gl #y Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro             195       #           200       #           205 TTG GCA ATC AAT GGT GAA CTT GTT GGT GTT AC #T TCA TTC ATT ATG GGA      670 Leu Ala Ile Asn Gly Glu Leu Val Gly Val Th #r Ser Phe Ile Met Gly         210           #       215           #       220 ACA TGT GGA GGA GGA CAT CCT GAT GTC TTC GG #T CGA GTC CTT GAC TTC      718 Thr Cys Gly Gly Gly His Pro Asp Val Phe Gl #y Arg Val Leu Asp Phe     225               #   230               #   235 AAA CCA TGG ATT GAT TCT CAT ATG GCA AAT GA #C GGC GCA T AATTCTTTTA     768 Lys Pro Trp Ile Asp Ser His Met Ala Asn As #p Gly Ala 240                 2 #45                 2 #50 TTTAATAATG ATTGAATGTA AAATTATAAA CAAATTGTAA ATTGCATAAA TG #ATATAAA     828 GCAGGAAATT CGAAAAAAAA AA            #                   #                850 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 103:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 252 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #103: Leu Val Lys Leu Phe Phe Val Met Tyr Cys Al #a Cys Ala Leu Ala Ser   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ala Leu Lys Tyr Ser Ile Asp His Gly Pro Ar #g Ile Ile Gly Gly Glu              20      #             25      #             30 Val Ala Gly Glu Gly Ser Ala Pro Tyr Gln Va #l Ser Leu Arg Thr Lys          35          #         40          #         45 Glu Gly Asn His Phe Cys Gly Gly Ser Ile Le #u Asn Lys Arg Trp Val      50              #     55              #     60 Val Thr Ala Ala His Cys Leu Glu Pro Glu Il #e Leu Asp Ser Val Tyr  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Val Gly Ser Asn His Leu Asp Arg Lys Gly Ar #g Tyr Tyr Asp Val Glu                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Arg Tyr Ile Ile His Glu Lys Tyr Ile Gly Gl #u Leu Asn Asn Phe Tyr             100       #           105       #           110 Ala Asp Ile Gly Leu Ile Lys Leu Asp Glu As #p Leu Glu Phe Asn Asp         115           #       120           #       125 Lys Val Lys Pro Ile Lys Ile His Glu Asn Th #r Ile Gln Gly Gly Glu     130               #   135               #   140 Gly Leu Arg Ala Thr Gly Trp Gly Arg Leu Gl #y Ala Gly Arg Pro Ile 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Pro Asn Lys Leu Gln Glu Leu Gln Thr Phe Al #a Leu Ser Asp Lys Asp                 165   #               170   #               175 Cys Thr Val Lys Thr Gly Leu Val Pro Lys Se #r Gln Leu Cys Val Phe             180       #           185       #           190 Arg Ala Ser Glu Lys Gly Val Cys Phe Gly As #p Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu         195           #       200           #       205 Ala Ile Asn Gly Glu Leu Val Gly Val Thr Se #r Phe Ile Met Gly Thr     210               #   215               #   220 Cys Gly Gly Gly His Pro Asp Val Phe Gly Ar #g Val Leu Asp Phe Lys 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Pro Trp Ile Asp Ser His Met Ala Asn Asp Gl #y Ala                 245   #               250 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 104:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 252 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..251           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 4, change A to                R.  At # pos. aa 2, substitute Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #104: GCA RGG ATT CGG CAC GAG AAT TTA TTA AGC GC #A TTA TTT GCA AGT GTA       48 Ala Xaa Ile Arg His Glu Asn Leu Leu Ser Al #a Leu Phe Ala Ser Val   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 ATT TGC TCC TTT AAC GCG GAA GTA CAA AAT CG #A ATC GTT GGT GGC AAT       96 Ile Cys Ser Phe Asn Ala Glu Val Gln Asn Ar #g Ile Val Gly Gly Asn              20      #             25      #             30 GAT GTA AGT ATT TCA AAA ATT GGG TGG CAA GT #A TCT ATT CAA AGT AAT      144 Asp Val Ser Ile Ser Lys Ile Gly Trp Gln Va #l Ser Ile Gln Ser Asn          35          #         40          #         45 AAC CAA CAT TTC TGT GGT GGT TCA ATC ATT GC #T AAA GAT TGG GTA CTG      192 Asn Gln His Phe Cys Gly Gly Ser Ile Ile Al #a Lys Asp Trp Val Leu      50              #     55              #     60 ACT TCT TCT CAA TGC GTC GTG GAC AAA CAA AG #T CCA CCG AAG GAT TTA      240 Thr Ser Ser Gln Cys Val Val Asp Lys Gln Se #r Pro Pro Lys Asp Leu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 ACT GTT CGT  GT T           #                   #                   #      252 Thr Val Arg (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 105:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 83 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #105: Ala Xaa Ile Arg His Glu Asn Leu Leu Ser Al #a Leu Phe Ala Ser Val   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ile Cys Ser Phe Asn Ala Glu Val Gln Asn Ar #g Ile Val Gly Gly Asn              20      #             25      #             30 Asp Val Ser Ile Ser Lys Ile Gly Trp Gln Va #l Ser Ile Gln Ser Asn          35          #         40          #         45 Asn Gln His Phe Cys Gly Gly Ser Ile Ile Al #a Lys Asp Trp Val Leu      50              #     55              #     60 Thr Ser Ser Gln Cys Val Val Asp Lys Gln Se #r Pro Pro Lys Asp Leu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Thr Val Arg (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 106:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 534 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..534     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #106: TCA AAT CGG ATT GTT AAT GGA GTT AAT GCC AA #A AAC GGT TCT GCT CCA       48 Ser Asn Arg Ile Val Asn Gly Val Asn Ala Ly #s Asn Gly Ser Ala Pro   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 TAT ATG GCT TCT CTA AGA GAT GTT ATG GAA AC #C ATT TCT GTG GAG CAT       96 Tyr Met Ala Ser Leu Arg Asp Val Met Glu Th #r Ile Ser Val Glu His              20      #             25      #             30 CGA TAT TGG ATG AAC CGC TGG ATT CTT ACT GC #T GCC CAT TGC CTT ACT      144 Arg Tyr Trp Met Asn Arg Trp Ile Leu Thr Al #a Ala His Cys Leu Thr          35          #         40          #         45 GAC GGT TAT CTA GAT ACA GTC TAC GTT GGT TC #A AAT CAT CTT TCT GGC      192 Asp Gly Tyr Leu Asp Thr Val Tyr Val Gly Se #r Asn His Leu Ser Gly      50              #     55              #     60 GAC GGA GAG TAC TAC AAT GTA GAA GAA CAA GT #C ATC CAT GAT AAA TAT      240 Asp Gly Glu Tyr Tyr Asn Val Glu Glu Gln Va #l Ile His Asp Lys Tyr  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 TTT GGT CAA ACA ACC GGC TTC AAA AAT GAT AT #T GCT CTC GTC AAA GTT      288 Phe Gly Gln Thr Thr Gly Phe Lys Asn Asp Il #e Ala Leu Val Lys Val                  85  #                 90  #                 95 TCT AGT GCT ATA AAA CTT AGC AAA AAT GTT CG #T CCC ATC AAA TTG CAC      336 Ser Ser Ala Ile Lys Leu Ser Lys Asn Val Ar #g Pro Ile Lys Leu His             100       #           105       #           110 AAA GAT TTT ATA CGC GGA GGT GAA AAA TTG AA #A ATT ACT GGA TGG GGA      384 Lys Asp Phe Ile Arg Gly Gly Glu Lys Leu Ly #s Ile Thr Gly Trp Gly         115           #       120           #       125 TTG ACC AAT CAA ACT CAT GGT GAA GTT CCT GA #T GCT CTT CAA GAG TTA      432 Leu Thr Asn Gln Thr His Gly Glu Val Pro As #p Ala Leu Gln Glu Leu     130               #   135               #   140 CAG GTA GAA GCA CTT TCT AAC TCT AAA TGC AA #G GCA ATT ACT GGT GTC      480 Gln Val Glu Ala Leu Ser Asn Ser Lys Cys Ly #s Ala Ile Thr Gly Val 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 CAT CTT CCT GCT CAT CTC TGC ACC TTC AGA GC #T CCT CAA AAG GGT GTA      528 His Leu Pro Ala His Leu Cys Thr Phe Arg Al #a Pro Gln Lys Gly Val                 165   #               170   #               175 TGC CAG                 #                   #                   #          534 Cys Gln (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 107:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 178 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #107: Ser Asn Arg Ile Val Asn Gly Val Asn Ala Ly #s Asn Gly Ser Ala Pro   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Tyr Met Ala Ser Leu Arg Asp Val Met Glu Th #r Ile Ser Val Glu His              20      #             25      #             30 Arg Tyr Trp Met Asn Arg Trp Ile Leu Thr Al #a Ala His Cys Leu Thr          35          #         40          #         45 Asp Gly Tyr Leu Asp Thr Val Tyr Val Gly Se #r Asn His Leu Ser Gly      50              #     55              #     60 Asp Gly Glu Tyr Tyr Asn Val Glu Glu Gln Va #l Ile His Asp Lys Tyr  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Phe Gly Gln Thr Thr Gly Phe Lys Asn Asp Il #e Ala Leu Val Lys Val                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Ser Ser Ala Ile Lys Leu Ser Lys Asn Val Ar #g Pro Ile Lys Leu His             100       #           105       #           110 Lys Asp Phe Ile Arg Gly Gly Glu Lys Leu Ly #s Ile Thr Gly Trp Gly         115           #       120           #       125 Leu Thr Asn Gln Thr His Gly Glu Val Pro As #p Ala Leu Gln Glu Leu     130               #   135               #   140 Gln Val Glu Ala Leu Ser Asn Ser Lys Cys Ly #s Ala Ile Thr Gly Val 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 His Leu Pro Ala His Leu Cys Thr Phe Arg Al #a Pro Gln Lys Gly Val                 165   #               170   #               175 Cys Gln (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 108:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 359 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..359     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #108: GGG TTC GAA TTT GTG GAT CGA AAA GGC AGA TA #T TAC GAT GTA GAA AGA       48 Gly Phe Glu Phe Val Asp Arg Lys Gly Arg Ty #r Tyr Asp Val Glu Arg   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 TTT GTG ATG CAC CAT AAT TAT ACT GGA AAG AT #A GTT GCC AAT GTC GCT       96 Phe Val Met His His Asn Tyr Thr Gly Lys Il #e Val Ala Asn Val Ala              20      #             25      #             30 GAT ATA GGT CTA ATA AAA CTA GCA GAA GAT AT #A AAA TTC AGT GAC AAG      144 Asp Ile Gly Leu Ile Lys Leu Ala Glu Asp Il #e Lys Phe Ser Asp Lys          35          #         40          #         45 GTA CAA CCT GTA AAA ATT CAT CAA ACT CAA AT #C AAG GGC GGA GAG ATT      192 Val Gln Pro Val Lys Ile His Gln Thr Gln Il #e Lys Gly Gly Glu Ile      50              #     55              #     60 TGC AAA GCT ACT GGA TGG GGC AGG TTG GGT GC #T GAT CAG CCT GTA CCA      240 Cys Lys Ala Thr Gly Trp Gly Arg Leu Gly Al #a Asp Gln Pro Val Pro  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 AAT AAA TTA CAA CAA TTG GAG ACA ATT GCT AT #T AGT GAT GAG AAA TGT      288 Asn Lys Leu Gln Gln Leu Glu Thr Ile Ala Il #e Ser Asp Glu Lys Cys                  85  #                 90  #                 95 TAT GCA GAT ACA GGG TTT TTA GAA CCT ACA TC #T CAA ATA TGT GTA TTC      336 Tyr Ala Asp Thr Gly Phe Leu Glu Pro Thr Se #r Gln Ile Cys Val Phe             100       #           105       #           110 AGT GCA TTT GGA AAA GGA GTT  GT      #                   #               359 Ser Ala Phe Gly Lys Gly Val         115 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 109:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 119 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #109: Gly Phe Glu Phe Val Asp Arg Lys Gly Arg Ty #r Tyr Asp Val Glu Arg   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Phe Val Met His His Asn Tyr Thr Gly Lys Il #e Val Ala Asn Val Ala              20      #             25      #             30 Asp Ile Gly Leu Ile Lys Leu Ala Glu Asp Il #e Lys Phe Ser Asp Lys          35          #         40          #         45 Val Gln Pro Val Lys Ile His Gln Thr Gln Il #e Lys Gly Gly Glu Ile      50              #     55              #     60 Cys Lys Ala Thr Gly Trp Gly Arg Leu Gly Al #a Asp Gln Pro Val Pro  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Asn Lys Leu Gln Gln Leu Glu Thr Ile Ala Il #e Ser Asp Glu Lys Cys                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Tyr Ala Asp Thr Gly Phe Leu Glu Pro Thr Se #r Gln Ile Cys Val Phe             100       #           105       #           110 Ser Ala Phe Gly Lys Gly Val         115 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 110:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 841 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 2..746           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 306, change A to               M.  At  #pos. bp 382, change A to M.  At pos. bp.  #394,               change G t #o S.  At pos. aa 102, 127 and 131, substi #tute               Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #110: C TTA GCA ATT GTA TGT GCT CTC GCT GTC TGC  #ACA TTC GGT GCC AGT         46   Leu Ala Ile Val Cys Ala Leu Ala Val C #ys Thr Phe Gly Ala Ser     1               # 5                  # 10                  # 15 GTT CCA GAA TCA TGG AAA AGA TTA GAT AGT AG #A ATC GTA GGA GGA CAC       94 Val Pro Glu Ser Trp Lys Arg Leu Asp Ser Ar #g Ile Val Gly Gly His                  20  #                 25  #                 30 GAT ACC AGC ATC GAT AAA CAC CCT CAT CAA GT #A TCT TTA TTG TAC TCC      142 Asp Thr Ser Ile Asp Lys His Pro His Gln Va #l Ser Leu Leu Tyr Ser              35      #             40      #             45 AGC CAC AAT TGT GGT GGT TCC TTG ATT GCC AA #A AAC TGG TGG GTT TTG      190 Ser His Asn Cys Gly Gly Ser Leu Ile Ala Ly #s Asn Trp Trp Val Leu          50          #         55          #         60 ACT GCA GCT CAT TGC ATT GGA GTT AAC AAA TA #C AAT GTC CGT GTA GGA      238 Thr Ala Ala His Cys Ile Gly Val Asn Lys Ty #r Asn Val Arg Val Gly      65              #     70              #     75 AGT TCC ATC GTA AAC AGC GGT GGT ATC TTG CA #T AAA GTT AAA AAC CAT      286 Ser Ser Ile Val Asn Ser Gly Gly Ile Leu Hi #s Lys Val Lys Asn His  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 TAC AGA CAT CCA AAA TAC AMC GCA GCT GCT AT #T GAC TTT GAT TAC GCA      334 Tyr Arg His Pro Lys Tyr Xaa Ala Ala Ala Il #e Asp Phe Asp Tyr Ala                 100   #               105   #               110 CTC TTA GAA CTC GAA ACT CCT GTT CAA CTC AC #A AAT GAT GTG TCC ATM      382 Leu Leu Glu Leu Glu Thr Pro Val Gln Leu Th #r Asn Asp Val Ser Xaa             115       #           120       #           125 ATA AAA TTG GTS GAT GAA GGA GTA GAT CTT AA #A CCT GGT ACC TTG TTA      430 Ile Lys Leu Xaa Asp Glu Gly Val Asp Leu Ly #s Pro Gly Thr Leu Leu         130           #       135           #       140 ACT GTT ACT GGA TGG GGA TCA ACT GGA AAT GG #A CCT TCA ACC AAT GTT      478 Thr Val Thr Gly Trp Gly Ser Thr Gly Asn Gl #y Pro Ser Thr Asn Val     145               #   150               #   155 TTG CAA GAA GTT CAA GTA CCA CAT GTC GAC CA #A ACC ACT TGC TCC AAA      526 Leu Gln Glu Val Gln Val Pro His Val Asp Gl #n Thr Thr Cys Ser Lys 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 TCT TAC CCA GGA AGT TTG ACT GAT CGT ATG TT #C TGC GCT GGT TAT TTG      574 Ser Tyr Pro Gly Ser Leu Thr Asp Arg Met Ph #e Cys Ala Gly Tyr Leu                 180   #               185   #               190 GGA CAA GGA GGC AAG GAC TCA TGC CAA GGT GA #T TCT GGT GGC CCA GTT      622 Gly Gln Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys Gln Gly As #p Ser Gly Gly Pro Val             195       #           200       #           205 GTT GTC AAT GGT GTT CAA CAT GGA ATT GTC TC #A TGG GGT CGT GGT TGT      670 Val Val Asn Gly Val Gln His Gly Ile Val Se #r Trp Gly Arg Gly Cys         210           #       215           #       220 GCA CTT CCT GAT TAT CCT GGA GTT TAC TCT AA #A ATC TCT ACC GCT CGC      718 Ala Leu Pro Asp Tyr Pro Gly Val Tyr Ser Ly #s Ile Ser Thr Ala Arg     225               #   230               #   235 AGC TGG ATC AAG GAA GTG TCT GGT GTT T AATT #TATTCT TGAAATCTCT          766 Ser Trp Ile Lys Glu Val Ser Gly Val 240                 2 #45 ATTTTGTATT ATTTATGTAT ATAGTAAGAG TTGTAAATAT AAATAGTTAC AT #CTAAAAA     826 AAAAAAAAAA AAAAA               #                   #                   #   841 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 111:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 248 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #111: Leu Ala Ile Val Cys Ala Leu Ala Val Cys Th #r Phe Gly Ala Ser Val   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Pro Glu Ser Trp Lys Arg Leu Asp Ser Arg Il #e Val Gly Gly His Asp              20      #             25      #             30 Thr Ser Ile Asp Lys His Pro His Gln Val Se #r Leu Leu Tyr Ser Ser          35          #         40          #         45 His Asn Cys Gly Gly Ser Leu Ile Ala Lys As #n Trp Trp Val Leu Thr      50              #     55              #     60 Ala Ala His Cys Ile Gly Val Asn Lys Tyr As #n Val Arg Val Gly Ser  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Ser Ile Val Asn Ser Gly Gly Ile Leu His Ly #s Val Lys Asn His Tyr                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Arg His Pro Lys Tyr Xaa Ala Ala Ala Ile As #p Phe Asp Tyr Ala Leu             100       #           105       #           110 Leu Glu Leu Glu Thr Pro Val Gln Leu Thr As #n Asp Val Ser Xaa Ile         115           #       120           #       125 Lys Leu Xaa Asp Glu Gly Val Asp Leu Lys Pr #o Gly Thr Leu Leu Thr     130               #   135               #   140 Val Thr Gly Trp Gly Ser Thr Gly Asn Gly Pr #o Ser Thr Asn Val Leu 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Gln Glu Val Gln Val Pro His Val Asp Gln Th #r Thr Cys Ser Lys Ser                 165   #               170   #               175 Tyr Pro Gly Ser Leu Thr Asp Arg Met Phe Cy #s Ala Gly Tyr Leu Gly             180       #           185       #           190 Gln Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys Gln Gly Asp Se #r Gly Gly Pro Val Val         195           #       200           #       205 Val Asn Gly Val Gln His Gly Ile Val Ser Tr #p Gly Arg Gly Cys Ala     210               #   215               #   220 Leu Pro Asp Tyr Pro Gly Val Tyr Ser Lys Il #e Ser Thr Ala Arg Ser 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Trp Ile Lys Glu Val Ser Gly Val                 245 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 112:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 1580 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 3..1491     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #112: GG CAC GAG TTT TGT GCG AGT GTC AGA TAT TGC # AGC TCT ATG AGT AAC        47    His Glu Phe Cys Ala Ser Val Arg Tyr  #Cys Ser Ser Met Ser Asn      1              #  5                 #  10                 #  15 AAG AAA GGA TTA GTA CTG GGC ATC TAC GAC AA #T GAA TTC GAT AAA AAA       95 Lys Lys Gly Leu Val Leu Gly Ile Tyr Asp As #n Glu Phe Asp Lys Lys                  20  #                 25  #                 30 ATA AGG TTA ACG CCA ACT GCT GAA CAA TTC AA #T CGG CGA TTG CAG GGG      143 Ile Arg Leu Thr Pro Thr Ala Glu Gln Phe As #n Arg Arg Leu Gln Gly              35      #             40      #             45 CGT TTA CTA GAT CTA ATT CAT TTG AGT GGA CC #C ATT AAA TTG GGC AAG      191 Arg Leu Leu Asp Leu Ile His Leu Ser Gly Pr #o Ile Lys Leu Gly Lys          50          #         55          #         60 AGC CGT ATT TTC TGG GAT CTC GAT GAA TTC GG #C GCA GTT GCA GTT GCA      239 Ser Arg Ile Phe Trp Asp Leu Asp Glu Phe Gl #y Ala Val Ala Val Ala      65              #     70              #     75 GGT TTG GGA AAT CAC TCC CCC TGC GAA CTC CT #G GAA GAA CTC GAT GTT      287 Gly Leu Gly Asn His Ser Pro Cys Glu Leu Le #u Glu Glu Leu Asp Val  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 TTG CGC GAA AAT GCC AGA ATA GCT GCC GGT GC #T GGT TGC CAA GCT CTT      335 Leu Arg Glu Asn Ala Arg Ile Ala Ala Gly Al #a Gly Cys Gln Ala Leu                 100   #               105   #               110 GCC GCC GAT GGA ATC ACT ACC ATT AGC GTT GA #A GTA TGG AGC ACC CGG      383 Ala Ala Asp Gly Ile Thr Thr Ile Ser Val Gl #u Val Trp Ser Thr Arg             115       #           120       #           125 AGG CGG CCA TGC GAA GGT GCA ATA CTA TCG AC #G TTC AAA TTC AGG TCA      431 Arg Arg Pro Cys Glu Gly Ala Ile Leu Ser Th #r Phe Lys Phe Arg Ser         130           #       135           #       140 ACA GAA GAA GAG TCC AAG TGT AAG CCG ATA CC #T ACC ATA ACC CCT TAC      479 Thr Glu Glu Glu Ser Lys Cys Lys Pro Ile Pr #o Thr Ile Thr Pro Tyr     145               #   150               #   155 TGC CTT CAA GAT AAA GAT GCT CCA TTA TGG GA #A CTT GGC CAA GTA TCA      527 Cys Leu Gln Asp Lys Asp Ala Pro Leu Trp Gl #u Leu Gly Gln Val Ser 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 GCA GCA GCT CAA AAC TGG GCT CGT ACA TTG AT #G GAT ACA CCA GCA AAT      575 Ala Ala Ala Gln Asn Trp Ala Arg Thr Leu Me #t Asp Thr Pro Ala Asn                 180   #               185   #               190 CAA ATG ACA CCA TTT TTG TTC GCC GAA GCC GC #C AAA GAA AAT TTA GTG      623 Gln Met Thr Pro Phe Leu Phe Ala Glu Ala Al #a Lys Glu Asn Leu Val             195       #           200       #           205 CCA TTA GGA GTG AAA GTT GAA GCT AGA GAT CG #G AAA TGG GCG GTA AGC      671 Pro Leu Gly Val Lys Val Glu Ala Arg Asp Ar #g Lys Trp Ala Val Ser         210           #       215           #       220 ATG AAA ATG GGA TCC TTC TTG TCT GTC GCT CG #T GGC TCC AAT GAA CCA      719 Met Lys Met Gly Ser Phe Leu Ser Val Ala Ar #g Gly Ser Asn Glu Pro     225               #   230               #   235 CCA GTT TTT CTT GAA ATT TCT TAT TGT GGT GG #T CCA AAA GAT GAG GCA      767 Pro Val Phe Leu Glu Ile Ser Tyr Cys Gly Gl #y Pro Lys Asp Glu Ala 240                 2 #45                 2 #50                 2 #55 CCG TTC GCA CTT GTT GGA AAG GGT GTC ACT TT #C GAT ACT GGC GGT ATT      815 Pro Phe Ala Leu Val Gly Lys Gly Val Thr Ph #e Asp Thr Gly Gly Ile                 260   #               265   #               270 AGC ATC AAA CCG AGT GCA TCC ATG GAC GAA AT #G CGT GGA GAT ATG GGA      863 Ser Ile Lys Pro Ser Ala Ser Met Asp Glu Me #t Arg Gly Asp Met Gly             275       #           280       #           285 GGA GCT GCT TGC GTT GTT TCT ACA TTG GCA CA #A TTG AAA GCA CCA GTC      911 Gly Ala Ala Cys Val Val Ser Thr Leu Ala Gl #n Leu Lys Ala Pro Val         290           #       295           #       300 AAC GTC GTC GGT CTT ATC CCC TTA ACC GAG AA #T ATG CCA GGT GGT AAA      959 Asn Val Val Gly Leu Ile Pro Leu Thr Glu As #n Met Pro Gly Gly Lys     305               #   310               #   315 GCA ACA AAA CCT GGT GAC GTC GTT GTT GCG AT #G AAT GGG AAA TCG ATT     1007 Ala Thr Lys Pro Gly Asp Val Val Val Ala Me #t Asn Gly Lys Ser Ile 320                 3 #25                 3 #30                 3 #35 TGC GTG GAC AAT ACA GAT GCT GAA GGC CGT TT #G ATT TTA GCT GAC GCT     1055 Cys Val Asp Asn Thr Asp Ala Glu Gly Arg Le #u Ile Leu Ala Asp Ala                 340   #               345   #               350 TTA TGT TAC TCG GCA CAC TTC AAG CCA AAA TG #G GTT CTA GAT ATA GCT     1103 Leu Cys Tyr Ser Ala His Phe Lys Pro Lys Tr #p Val Leu Asp Ile Ala             355       #           360       #           365 ACA TTG ACT GGA GCT ATG AGA GTT GCT CTA GG #T GAT TGT GCT ACT GGT     1151 Thr Leu Thr Gly Ala Met Arg Val Ala Leu Gl #y Asp Cys Ala Thr Gly         370           #       375           #       380 GTA TTT TCT TCA TGC GAT AAT CTC TGG AAC AC #A CTG CAC GAA GCT GGT     1199 Val Phe Ser Ser Cys Asp Asn Leu Trp Asn Th #r Leu His Glu Ala Gly     385               #   390               #   395 AGA GTA ACT GGA GAT AGA ATG TGG AGA TTC CC #T CTT TTT AAG CAC TAC     1247 Arg Val Thr Gly Asp Arg Met Trp Arg Phe Pr #o Leu Phe Lys His Tyr 400                 4 #05                 4 #10                 4 #15 GCG AAT CGT GTA ACA GAA TAT TCC GGT TAC GA #T GTG AAC AAC ATA GGA     1295 Ala Asn Arg Val Thr Glu Tyr Ser Gly Tyr As #p Val Asn Asn Ile Gly                 420   #               425   #               430 AAG GGC AAA GGG GGA GGC AGT TGC CTA GCA GC #T GCT TTC CTT AAT CAG     1343 Lys Gly Lys Gly Gly Gly Ser Cys Leu Ala Al #a Ala Phe Leu Asn Gln             435       #           440       #           445 TTT AGA CCT GAG GAC GTA CCC TGG ATG CAC TT #G GAC ATT GCT GGA GTA     1391 Phe Arg Pro Glu Asp Val Pro Trp Met His Le #u Asp Ile Ala Gly Val         450           #       455           #       460 ATG AGC GAT TGC TCT GAT CAG TCC TAT CTT CC #T AAG GGA ATG ACA GGG     1439 Met Ser Asp Cys Ser Asp Gln Ser Tyr Leu Pr #o Lys Gly Met Thr Gly     465               #   470               #   475 CGA CCT ACC AGA ACT CTT GTT CAA TTT ATT CA #A AGC CAA AAG CGT CAT     1487 Arg Pro Thr Arg Thr Leu Val Gln Phe Ile Gl #n Ser Gln Lys Arg His 480                 4 #85                 4 #90                 4 #95 TCT T GAATGCATTT AAGAAACATA TGTCACCTAA CACCTTTACA TGCG #CACCTC        1541 Ser TGCTTAGCCA AACCACTTTT GTACAAAACC ATATTTTTA       #                   #  1580 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 113:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 496 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #113: His Glu Phe Cys Ala Ser Val Arg Tyr Cys Se #r Ser Met Ser Asn Lys   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Lys Gly Leu Val Leu Gly Ile Tyr Asp Asn Gl #u Phe Asp Lys Lys Ile              20      #             25      #             30 Arg Leu Thr Pro Thr Ala Glu Gln Phe Asn Ar #g Arg Leu Gln Gly Arg          35          #         40          #         45 Leu Leu Asp Leu Ile His Leu Ser Gly Pro Il #e Lys Leu Gly Lys Ser      50              #     55              #     60 Arg Ile Phe Trp Asp Leu Asp Glu Phe Gly Al #a Val Ala Val Ala Gly  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Leu Gly Asn His Ser Pro Cys Glu Leu Leu Gl #u Glu Leu Asp Val Leu                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Arg Glu Asn Ala Arg Ile Ala Ala Gly Ala Gl #y Cys Gln Ala Leu Ala             100       #           105       #           110 Ala Asp Gly Ile Thr Thr Ile Ser Val Glu Va #l Trp Ser Thr Arg Arg         115           #       120           #       125 Arg Pro Cys Glu Gly Ala Ile Leu Ser Thr Ph #e Lys Phe Arg Ser Thr     130               #   135               #   140 Glu Glu Glu Ser Lys Cys Lys Pro Ile Pro Th #r Ile Thr Pro Tyr Cys 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Leu Gln Asp Lys Asp Ala Pro Leu Trp Glu Le #u Gly Gln Val Ser Ala                 165   #               170   #               175 Ala Ala Gln Asn Trp Ala Arg Thr Leu Met As #p Thr Pro Ala Asn Gln             180       #           185       #           190 Met Thr Pro Phe Leu Phe Ala Glu Ala Ala Ly #s Glu Asn Leu Val Pro         195           #       200           #       205 Leu Gly Val Lys Val Glu Ala Arg Asp Arg Ly #s Trp Ala Val Ser Met     210               #   215               #   220 Lys Met Gly Ser Phe Leu Ser Val Ala Arg Gl #y Ser Asn Glu Pro Pro 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Val Phe Leu Glu Ile Ser Tyr Cys Gly Gly Pr #o Lys Asp Glu Ala Pro                 245   #               250   #               255 Phe Ala Leu Val Gly Lys Gly Val Thr Phe As #p Thr Gly Gly Ile Ser             260       #           265       #           270 Ile Lys Pro Ser Ala Ser Met Asp Glu Met Ar #g Gly Asp Met Gly Gly         275           #       280           #       285 Ala Ala Cys Val Val Ser Thr Leu Ala Gln Le #u Lys Ala Pro Val Asn     290               #   295               #   300 Val Val Gly Leu Ile Pro Leu Thr Glu Asn Me #t Pro Gly Gly Lys Ala 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Thr Lys Pro Gly Asp Val Val Val Ala Met As #n Gly Lys Ser Ile Cys                 325   #               330   #               335 Val Asp Asn Thr Asp Ala Glu Gly Arg Leu Il #e Leu Ala Asp Ala Leu             340       #           345       #           350 Cys Tyr Ser Ala His Phe Lys Pro Lys Trp Va #l Leu Asp Ile Ala Thr         355           #       360           #       365 Leu Thr Gly Ala Met Arg Val Ala Leu Gly As #p Cys Ala Thr Gly Val     370               #   375               #   380 Phe Ser Ser Cys Asp Asn Leu Trp Asn Thr Le #u His Glu Ala Gly Arg 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 Val Thr Gly Asp Arg Met Trp Arg Phe Pro Le #u Phe Lys His Tyr Ala                 405   #               410   #               415 Asn Arg Val Thr Glu Tyr Ser Gly Tyr Asp Va #l Asn Asn Ile Gly Lys             420       #           425       #           430 Gly Lys Gly Gly Gly Ser Cys Leu Ala Ala Al #a Phe Leu Asn Gln Phe         435           #       440           #       445 Arg Pro Glu Asp Val Pro Trp Met His Leu As #p Ile Ala Gly Val Met     450               #   455               #   460 Ser Asp Cys Ser Asp Gln Ser Tyr Leu Pro Ly #s Gly Met Thr Gly Arg 465                 4 #70                 4 #75                 4 #80 Pro Thr Arg Thr Leu Val Gln Phe Ile Gln Se #r Gln Lys Arg His Ser                 485   #               490   #               495 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 114:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 32 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #114: GAGCTCTCGA GAGTTGTTGG AGGACTGGAA GC        #                   #          32 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 115:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 31 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #115: GGACCTCGAG AATTAGTTAT TTTCCATGGT C         #                   #          31 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 116:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 31 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #116: GAGCTCTCGA GCATCGTCGG CGGCACCAGT G         #                   #          31 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 117:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 31 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #117: GGACGAATTC TTAAAGACCA GTTTTTTTGC G         #                   #          31 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 118:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 32 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #118: GAGCTCTCGA GTATCATCGG AGGTGAAGTT GC        #                   #          32 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 119:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 30 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #119: GGACCTCGAG AATTATGCGC CGTCATTTGC          #                   #           30 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 120:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 806 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 2..736           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 656, change G to                S.  At # pos. aa 219, substitute Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #120: C TCG CAG TCT GCA CCC TTG GTG CTA GGC GTT  #CCT GAC TTT TGG AAC         46   Ser Gln Ser Ala Pro Leu Val Leu Gly V #al Pro Asp Phe Trp Asn     1               # 5                  # 10                  # 15 AGG TTA GAT GGC AGA ATC GTT GGA GGA CAC GA #T ACT AGC ATT GAC AAA       94 Arg Leu Asp Gly Arg Ile Val Gly Gly His As #p Thr Ser Ile Asp Lys                  20  #                 25  #                 30 CAT CCT CAT CAA GTA TCT TTG ATT TAC ACA AA #C CAC AAT TGT GGT GGT      142 His Pro His Gln Val Ser Leu Ile Tyr Thr As #n His Asn Cys Gly Gly              35      #             40      #             45 TCT TTA ATT GCC AAA AAC TGG GTT TTA ACA GC #A GCT CAT TGC ATC AGC      190 Ser Leu Ile Ala Lys Asn Trp Val Leu Thr Al #a Ala His Cys Ile Ser          50          #         55          #         60 TCA ACC TAC TAC AGA GTC CGG GTA GGA AGT TC #A ATC AAG AAC AGT GGT      238 Ser Thr Tyr Tyr Arg Val Arg Val Gly Ser Se #r Ile Lys Asn Ser Gly      65              #     70              #     75 GGT GTT GTT CAC AGC GTT AAA AAC CAA ATC AA #G CAT CCA AAA TTC GGT      286 Gly Val Val His Ser Val Lys Asn Gln Ile Ly #s His Pro Lys Phe Gly  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 GAT TCG GCG ACA CTC GAC TTC GAT TTT GCA CT #T CTG GAA TTG GAT GAA      334 Asp Ser Ala Thr Leu Asp Phe Asp Phe Ala Le #u Leu Glu Leu Asp Glu                 100   #               105   #               110 CCA GTT ACA GTA ACA AAA GAC GTC AAC ATC AT #C AAA CTA GTA GAC CAA      382 Pro Val Thr Val Thr Lys Asp Val Asn Ile Il #e Lys Leu Val Asp Gln             115       #           120       #           125 GAT GTA GAA TTA ACA CCT GGA ACT ATG TGC AC #T GTT ACT GGA TGG GGA      430 Asp Val Glu Leu Thr Pro Gly Thr Met Cys Th #r Val Thr Gly Trp Gly         130           #       135           #       140 TCA ACT GGA TCT GGT GGT CCA ATT ACA AAT GT #T CTA CAA GAA GTC GAA      478 Ser Thr Gly Ser Gly Gly Pro Ile Thr Asn Va #l Leu Gln Glu Val Glu     145               #   150               #   155 GTT CCA TTT ATC GAC TTC AAC ACC TGC CGA AA #A TCC TAC TCA ACC AGC      526 Val Pro Phe Ile Asp Phe Asn Thr Cys Arg Ly #s Ser Tyr Ser Thr Ser 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 TTA ACC GAC CGT ATG TTC TGC GCT GGA TTT TT #G GGA ATT GGT GGT AAG      574 Leu Thr Asp Arg Met Phe Cys Ala Gly Phe Le #u Gly Ile Gly Gly Lys                 180   #               185   #               190 GAC GCT TGT CAA GGT GAC TCT GGT GGC CCA GT #T GTT GTC GAT GGT GTT      622 Asp Ala Cys Gln Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Va #l Val Val Asp Gly Val             195       #           200       #           205 CTT CAC GGA ATC GTA TCA TGG GGA CGT GGT TG #C SCC CTT CCT GAC TAC      670 Leu His Gly Ile Val Ser Trp Gly Arg Gly Cy #s Xaa Leu Pro Asp Tyr         210           #       215           #       220 CCC GGA GTC TAC TCT AAG ATC TCA TAT GCC CG #T GAC TGG ATT AAG GAA      718 Pro Gly Val Tyr Ser Lys Ile Ser Tyr Ala Ar #g Asp Trp Ile Lys Glu     225               #   230               #   235 AAT CAC TGG TGT TTA ATT TAATATTTAT TATACCAAAT AA #TTATATAT             766 Asn His Trp Cys Leu Ile 240                 2 #45 AAATATATAC TATTTTAAAT ACAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAA      #                   #   806 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 121:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 245 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #121: Ser Gln Ser Ala Pro Leu Val Leu Gly Val Pr #o Asp Phe Trp Asn Arg   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Leu Asp Gly Arg Ile Val Gly Gly His Asp Th #r Ser Ile Asp Lys His              20      #             25      #             30 Pro His Gln Val Ser Leu Ile Tyr Thr Asn Hi #s Asn Cys Gly Gly Ser          35          #         40          #         45 Leu Ile Ala Lys Asn Trp Val Leu Thr Ala Al #a His Cys Ile Ser Ser      50              #     55              #     60 Thr Tyr Tyr Arg Val Arg Val Gly Ser Ser Il #e Lys Asn Ser Gly Gly  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Val Val His Ser Val Lys Asn Gln Ile Lys Hi #s Pro Lys Phe Gly Asp                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Ser Ala Thr Leu Asp Phe Asp Phe Ala Leu Le #u Glu Leu Asp Glu Pro             100       #           105       #           110 Val Thr Val Thr Lys Asp Val Asn Ile Ile Ly #s Leu Val Asp Gln Asp         115           #       120           #       125 Val Glu Leu Thr Pro Gly Thr Met Cys Thr Va #l Thr Gly Trp Gly Ser     130               #   135               #   140 Thr Gly Ser Gly Gly Pro Ile Thr Asn Val Le #u Gln Glu Val Glu Val 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Pro Phe Ile Asp Phe Asn Thr Cys Arg Lys Se #r Tyr Ser Thr Ser Leu                 165   #               170   #               175 Thr Asp Arg Met Phe Cys Ala Gly Phe Leu Gl #y Ile Gly Gly Lys Asp             180       #           185       #           190 Ala Cys Gln Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Val Va #l Val Asp Gly Val Leu         195           #       200           #       205 His Gly Ile Val Ser Trp Gly Arg Gly Cys Xa #a Leu Pro Asp Tyr Pro     210               #   215               #   220 Gly Val Tyr Ser Lys Ile Ser Tyr Ala Arg As #p Trp Ile Lys Glu Asn 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 His Trp Cys Leu Ile                 245 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 122:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 436 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 2..436           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 301, change A to               W; at pos. # bp 342, change C to Y; at pos. bp 397,  #change               C to Y;  #at pos. bp 431, change G to S.  At pos.  #aa 100,               114 and 14 #4, substitute Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #122: A GTT AGT CTT TCC AAT TCG ATC AGA CCT TCT  #TGT TTA TGG GCC AAT         46   Val Ser Leu Ser Asn Ser Ile Arg Pro S #er Cys Leu Trp Ala Asn     1               # 5                  # 10                  # 15 GAC GAG TTC GAC ACA GAT AGT TCA ATT GCT AC #T GGT TGG GGA AAG ATA       94 Asp Glu Phe Asp Thr Asp Ser Ser Ile Ala Th #r Gly Trp Gly Lys Ile                  20  #                 25  #                 30 GAC TAT GCT GAG AGC AGA AGT GAT GAC CTA CT #G AAA GTA GTA CTG AAA      142 Asp Tyr Ala Glu Ser Arg Ser Asp Asp Leu Le #u Lys Val Val Leu Lys              35      #             40      #             45 ATT ATT GAT AAT AGG CAA TGC GCT CCC TTA TA #C GTT GAT CAG ATT AAT      190 Ile Ile Asp Asn Arg Gln Cys Ala Pro Leu Ty #r Val Asp Gln Ile Asn          50          #         55          #         60 AGA AGA AGA TTG AGA AAT GGA ATT GTA GAT AC #A CAG ATG TGT GCA GGA      238 Arg Arg Arg Leu Arg Asn Gly Ile Val Asp Th #r Gln Met Cys Ala Gly      65              #     70              #     75 GAA TTG GAT GGT GGC AAA GAC ACT TGC CAG GG #A GAT TCA GGT GGG CCA      286 Glu Leu Asp Gly Gly Lys Asp Thr Cys Gln Gl #y Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 TTG CAA ATA ACA AAW CAA AGC AAC AAA TGT AT #C TTC TAC ATA GTG GGA      334 Leu Gln Ile Thr Xaa Gln Ser Asn Lys Cys Il #e Phe Tyr Ile Val Gly                 100   #               105   #               110 ATA ACA TYA TTC GGA AGG GGA TGT GGT GCT CC #T AAT AGC CCC GGT GTT      382 Ile Thr Xaa Phe Gly Arg Gly Cys Gly Ala Pr #o Asn Ser Pro Gly Val             115       #           120       #           125 TAT ACT AGA GTC AGY AAG TAT GTT GAC TGG AT #T GAA AGT GTT GTT TGG      430 Tyr Thr Arg Val Ser Lys Tyr Val Asp Trp Il #e Glu Ser Val Val Trp         130           #       135           #       140 SCA AAT                 #                   #                   #          436 Xaa Asn     145 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 123:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 145 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #123: Val Ser Leu Ser Asn Ser Ile Arg Pro Ser Cy #s Leu Trp Ala Asn Asp   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Glu Phe Asp Thr Asp Ser Ser Ile Ala Thr Gl #y Trp Gly Lys Ile Asp              20      #             25      #             30 Tyr Ala Glu Ser Arg Ser Asp Asp Leu Leu Ly #s Val Val Leu Lys Ile          35          #         40          #         45 Ile Asp Asn Arg Gln Cys Ala Pro Leu Tyr Va #l Asp Gln Ile Asn Arg      50              #     55              #     60 Arg Arg Leu Arg Asn Gly Ile Val Asp Thr Gl #n Met Cys Ala Gly Glu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Leu Asp Gly Gly Lys Asp Thr Cys Gln Gly As #p Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Gln Ile Thr Xaa Gln Ser Asn Lys Cys Ile Ph #e Tyr Ile Val Gly Ile             100       #           105       #           110 Thr Xaa Phe Gly Arg Gly Cys Gly Ala Pro As #n Ser Pro Gly Val Tyr         115           #       120           #       125 Thr Arg Val Ser Lys Tyr Val Asp Trp Ile Gl #u Ser Val Val Trp Xaa     130               #   135               #   140 Asn 145 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 124:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 307 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..306     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #124: CAA ATA TTT AAG CAT GAA CCT GTG AAC GTG GT #A TTA TTT CTT GTA GAA       48 Gln Ile Phe Lys His Glu Pro Val Asn Val Va #l Leu Phe Leu Val Glu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GAT CGC TTC AAT TTT GAA ATT ACT AAC GCG CG #C CCT GTT GCC CTA CCA       96 Asp Arg Phe Asn Phe Glu Ile Thr Asn Ala Ar #g Pro Val Ala Leu Pro              20      #             25      #             30 GCA GAG AAC GAG GAA ACC GAA ACA GGG TCA CC #A CTC ACG GTG ACG GGT      144 Ala Glu Asn Glu Glu Thr Glu Thr Gly Ser Pr #o Leu Thr Val Thr Gly          35          #         40          #         45 TGG GGA ACT ACA GAG AGT ACT GAA TCA TCA CA #C CAC CTG AAA GAA GTT      192 Trp Gly Thr Thr Glu Ser Thr Glu Ser Ser Hi #s His Leu Lys Glu Val      50              #     55              #     60 GAA GTG AAC GCT GTA TCT AAT AGT GAA TGT CA #A AAG GCC TAT GAA GAT      240 Glu Val Asn Ala Val Ser Asn Ser Glu Cys Gl #n Lys Ala Tyr Glu Asp  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 CTT GCT ACT ATA TCA TCA CAT GAG ATA TGT GC #A AGC GTT CCT GGT GGC      288 Leu Ala Thr Ile Ser Ser His Glu Ile Cys Al #a Ser Val Pro Gly Gly                  85  #                 90  #                 95 GGC AAA GAT TCT TGT CAA G         #                   #                   #307 Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys Gln             100 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 125:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 102 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #125: Gln Ile Phe Lys His Glu Pro Val Asn Val Va #l Leu Phe Leu Val Glu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Asp Arg Phe Asn Phe Glu Ile Thr Asn Ala Ar #g Pro Val Ala Leu Pro              20      #             25      #             30 Ala Glu Asn Glu Glu Thr Glu Thr Gly Ser Pr #o Leu Thr Val Thr Gly          35          #         40          #         45 Trp Gly Thr Thr Glu Ser Thr Glu Ser Ser Hi #s His Leu Lys Glu Val      50              #     55              #     60 Glu Val Asn Ala Val Ser Asn Ser Glu Cys Gl #n Lys Ala Tyr Glu Asp  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Leu Ala Thr Ile Ser Ser His Glu Ile Cys Al #a Ser Val Pro Gly Gly                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys Gln             100 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 126:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 758 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..738           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. aa 241, substitute                Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #126: AAG GTA CTG ATC GTT TTA GCA GTC ATT GAA TT #C GCA TCA GCG TCT TCA       48 Lys Val Leu Ile Val Leu Ala Val Ile Glu Ph #e Ala Ser Ala Ser Ser   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 ATC GGC TGG AGA ATC GTG GGT GGT GAA AAT GC #T AAA GAA AAA TCG GTG       96 Ile Gly Trp Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Glu Asn Al #a Lys Glu Lys Ser Val              20      #             25      #             30 CCC TAT CAA GTT TCA CTT CGA AAT GCT GAA AA #C AAA CAT TTC TGT GGA      144 Pro Tyr Gln Val Ser Leu Arg Asn Ala Glu As #n Lys His Phe Cys Gly          35          #         40          #         45 GGA GCA ATT ATT GAC GAT TAT TGG GTT TTG AC #T GCT GCT CAT TGC ATG      192 Gly Ala Ile Ile Asp Asp Tyr Trp Val Leu Th #r Ala Ala His Cys Met      50              #     55              #     60 GGA CAA CGT TTT GAA GTC GTT GCC GGC GTG AA #T AAA CTG GAT GAA GTA      240 Gly Gln Arg Phe Glu Val Val Ala Gly Val As #n Lys Leu Asp Glu Val  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 GGT GAA CGA TAT AGA ATA GAA AAA ACT ATT AC #T GAC AAG TTT GAT GAA      288 Gly Glu Arg Tyr Arg Ile Glu Lys Thr Ile Th #r Asp Lys Phe Asp Glu                  85  #                 90  #                 95 CAA ACT GCC GCA AAT GAT TTG GCA CTT GTA AA #A CTT CGG AAT AAA ATA      336 Gln Thr Ala Ala Asn Asp Leu Ala Leu Val Ly #s Leu Arg Asn Lys Ile             100       #           105       #           110 AAA TTC AGC GAT AAA GTG CAA AAA ATT CAA TT #T GAA GAT AAA TAT ATC      384 Lys Phe Ser Asp Lys Val Gln Lys Ile Gln Ph #e Glu Asp Lys Tyr Ile         115           #       120           #       125 GGA GGC GGA GAG GAT GCT CGT TTG ACT GGA TG #G GGA CGA TTG GGA AAA      432 Gly Gly Gly Glu Asp Ala Arg Leu Thr Gly Tr #p Gly Arg Leu Gly Lys     130               #   135               #   140 GAT TCA CCG CCA CCT AAT GAT TTA CAG GAA TT #A AAT ACA TTT ACC ATC      480 Asp Ser Pro Pro Pro Asn Asp Leu Gln Glu Le #u Asn Thr Phe Thr Ile 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 CCC CAA AGT GTT TGC AGA AGA ATG TTT AAT GA #G GAT AAG ATT CCA ATC      528 Pro Gln Ser Val Cys Arg Arg Met Phe Asn Gl #u Asp Lys Ile Pro Ile                 165   #               170   #               175 CAC GAT AGC CAA ATA TGC ACT TTT GCA GAT AT #G GGC AAG GGT GCA TGT      576 His Asp Ser Gln Ile Cys Thr Phe Ala Asp Me #t Gly Lys Gly Ala Cys             180       #           185       #           190 AAG GGT GAT TCC GGT GGC CCC TTA GTC ATC AA #T GGA CAA CTT CAT GGA      624 Lys Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu Val Ile As #n Gly Gln Leu His Gly         195           #       200           #       205 ATT GTT TCC TGG GGC ATT CCT TGC GCT GTC GG #C AAG CCT GAT GTA TTC      672 Ile Val Ser Trp Gly Ile Pro Cys Ala Val Gl #y Lys Pro Asp Val Phe     210               #   215               #   220 ACA AGA GTT TCT CAT TAT GTC GAT TGG ATT AA #A TCC AAA ATT GCC AAA      720 Thr Arg Val Ser His Tyr Val Asp Trp Ile Ly #s Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 TAA AAT TGT TTA GTG TAT TAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAA   #                   #    758 Xaa Asn Cys Leu Val Tyr                 245 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 127:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 246 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #127: Lys Val Leu Ile Val Leu Ala Val Ile Glu Ph #e Ala Ser Ala Ser Ser   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ile Gly Trp Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Glu Asn Al #a Lys Glu Lys Ser Val              20      #             25      #             30 Pro Tyr Gln Val Ser Leu Arg Asn Ala Glu As #n Lys His Phe Cys Gly          35          #         40          #         45 Gly Ala Ile Ile Asp Asp Tyr Trp Val Leu Th #r Ala Ala His Cys Met      50              #     55              #     60 Gly Gln Arg Phe Glu Val Val Ala Gly Val As #n Lys Leu Asp Glu Val  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Gly Glu Arg Tyr Arg Ile Glu Lys Thr Ile Th #r Asp Lys Phe Asp Glu                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Gln Thr Ala Ala Asn Asp Leu Ala Leu Val Ly #s Leu Arg Asn Lys Ile             100       #           105       #           110 Lys Phe Ser Asp Lys Val Gln Lys Ile Gln Ph #e Glu Asp Lys Tyr Ile         115           #       120           #       125 Gly Gly Gly Glu Asp Ala Arg Leu Thr Gly Tr #p Gly Arg Leu Gly Lys     130               #   135               #   140 Asp Ser Pro Pro Pro Asn Asp Leu Gln Glu Le #u Asn Thr Phe Thr Ile 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Pro Gln Ser Val Cys Arg Arg Met Phe Asn Gl #u Asp Lys Ile Pro Ile                 165   #               170   #               175 His Asp Ser Gln Ile Cys Thr Phe Ala Asp Me #t Gly Lys Gly Ala Cys             180       #           185       #           190 Lys Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu Val Ile As #n Gly Gln Leu His Gly         195           #       200           #       205 Ile Val Ser Trp Gly Ile Pro Cys Ala Val Gl #y Lys Pro Asp Val Phe     210               #   215               #   220 Thr Arg Val Ser His Tyr Val Asp Trp Ile Ly #s Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Xaa Asn Cys Leu Val Tyr                 245 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 128:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 815 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..762           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 453, change A to               M; at 454, # change G to V; at 456, G to V; at 457 #, A to M;               at 460, A  #to R; at 470, G to S; at 493, A to R.  # At pos.               aa 120, 13 #6, 152, 153, 154, 157 and 165, substitute Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #128: ATT TTA TTA AGC GCA TTA TTT GCA AGT GTA AT #T TGC TCC TTT AAC GCG       48 Ile Leu Leu Ser Ala Leu Phe Ala Ser Val Il #e Cys Ser Phe Asn Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GAA GTA CAA AAT CGA ATC GTT GGT GGC AAT GA #T GTA AGT ATT TCA AAA       96 Glu Val Gln Asn Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Asn As #p Val Ser Ile Ser Lys              20      #             25      #             30 ATT GGG TGG CAA GTA TCT ATT CAA AGT AAT AA #C CAA CAT TTC TGT GGT      144 Ile Gly Trp Gln Val Ser Ile Gln Ser Asn As #n Gln His Phe Cys Gly          35          #         40          #         45 GGT TCA ATC ATT GCT AAA GAT TGG GTA CTG AC #T TCT TCT CAA TGC GTC      192 Gly Ser Ile Ile Ala Lys Asp Trp Val Leu Th #r Ser Ser Gln Cys Val      50              #     55              #     60 GTG GAC AAA CAA AGT CCA CCG AAG GAT TTA AC #T GTT CGT GTT GGA ACT      240 Val Asp Lys Gln Ser Pro Pro Lys Asp Leu Th #r Val Arg Val Gly Thr  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 AGC ACT CAC AAT GAT GGA GGA AAA GTG TAT GA #T GTT ATT GAA ATT ATA      288 Ser Thr His Asn Asp Gly Gly Lys Val Tyr As #p Val Ile Glu Ile Ile                  85  #                 90  #                 95 AAA CAT CCG AAA TAT AAT AAA GCA GTG CCA GA #T GAT TTT GAT GTT GCA      336 Lys His Pro Lys Tyr Asn Lys Ala Val Pro As #p Asp Phe Asp Val Ala             100       #           105       #           110 CTT TTA CGG ATC AAA GAG CCA ATC ATT TAC TC #C ATG CAC AGT AAC TCC      384 Leu Leu Arg Ile Lys Glu Pro Xaa Ile Tyr Se #r Met His Ser Asn Ser         115           #       120           #       125 TGT AAA ATT AAT ACA ATC GGG AAA GAA GTA CC #G AAG GGA ACA ACT TTG      432 Cys Lys Ile Asn Thr Ile Gly Xaa Glu Val Pr #o Lys Gly Thr Thr Leu     130               #   135               #   140 AGT GTA ACT GGA TGG GGC GCM VCV MAG RAA TG #G GGG CSC AAT TTC GCC      480 Ser Val Thr Gly Trp Gly Ala Xaa Xaa Xaa Tr #p Gly Xaa Asn Phe Ala 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 AAA GTT ACA AGA RAG TTA AAG TTA AAG CTA CT #C AAG TCA AGA ATG CAA      528 Lys Val Thr Arg Xaa Leu Lys Leu Lys Leu Le #u Lys Ser Arg Met Gln                 165   #               170   #               175 GAA CAG TCT GCT ATT AAC AGT GAC ATC ATT TC #T GAC AGT ATG ATG TGC      576 Glu Gln Ser Ala Ile Asn Ser Asp Ile Ile Se #r Asp Ser Met Met Cys             180       #           185       #           190 GCT GGT TTT CCT CAA GGA CAA AAA GAT ACT TG #T CAT GGG GAT AGC GGT      624 Ala Gly Phe Pro Gln Gly Gln Lys Asp Thr Cy #s His Gly Asp Ser Gly         195           #       200           #       205 GGC ACT GTA GAT AAA AAA CAG GTT CAA GTA GG #A GTT ATA TCC TGG AGG      672 Gly Thr Val Asp Lys Lys Gln Val Gln Val Gl #y Val Ile Ser Trp Arg     210               #   215               #   220 CGA GGA TGC GCG CGA CCT GGA TAT CCT GGC GT #A TAT ACA AAA TTG AGC      720 Arg Gly Cys Ala Arg Pro Gly Tyr Pro Gly Va #l Tyr Thr Lys Leu Ser 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 CAC CCG GAA ATC CAA CAG TTT ATT AAA AAC AA #T GTA AAA CTT              # 762 His Pro Glu Ile Gln Gln Phe Ile Lys Asn As #n Val Lys Leu                 245   #               250 TAAATCATAA AACTGTATGA AAATAACAAT AACAATTACG GGAAAAAAAA AA #A           815 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 129:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 254 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #129: Ile Leu Leu Ser Ala Leu Phe Ala Ser Val Il #e Cys Ser Phe Asn Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Glu Val Gln Asn Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Asn As #p Val Ser Ile Ser Lys              20      #             25      #             30 Ile Gly Trp Gln Val Ser Ile Gln Ser Asn As #n Gln His Phe Cys Gly          35          #         40          #         45 Gly Ser Ile Ile Ala Lys Asp Trp Val Leu Th #r Ser Ser Gln Cys Val      50              #     55              #     60 Val Asp Lys Gln Ser Pro Pro Lys Asp Leu Th #r Val Arg Val Gly Thr  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Ser Thr His Asn Asp Gly Gly Lys Val Tyr As #p Val Ile Glu Ile Ile                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Lys His Pro Lys Tyr Asn Lys Ala Val Pro As #p Asp Phe Asp Val Ala             100       #           105       #           110 Leu Leu Arg Ile Lys Glu Pro Xaa Ile Tyr Se #r Met His Ser Asn Ser         115           #       120           #       125 Cys Lys Ile Asn Thr Ile Gly Xaa Glu Val Pr #o Lys Gly Thr Thr Leu     130               #   135               #   140 Ser Val Thr Gly Trp Gly Ala Xaa Xaa Xaa Tr #p Gly Xaa Asn Phe Ala 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Lys Val Thr Arg Xaa Leu Lys Leu Lys Leu Le #u Lys Ser Arg Met Gln                 165   #               170   #               175 Glu Gln Ser Ala Ile Asn Ser Asp Ile Ile Se #r Asp Ser Met Met Cys             180       #           185       #           190 Ala Gly Phe Pro Gln Gly Gln Lys Asp Thr Cy #s His Gly Asp Ser Gly         195           #       200           #       205 Gly Thr Val Asp Lys Lys Gln Val Gln Val Gl #y Val Ile Ser Trp Arg     210               #   215               #   220 Arg Gly Cys Ala Arg Pro Gly Tyr Pro Gly Va #l Tyr Thr Lys Leu Ser 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 His Pro Glu Ile Gln Gln Phe Ile Lys Asn As #n Val Lys Leu                 245   #               250 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 130:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 855 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..759           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 693, change C to               N.  At  #pos. aa 231, substitute Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #130: ATG GCT TAT ATT ATA TTA GTT ACT TTA ATT AG #T TTG GGA TCG TTG GTT       48 Met Ala Tyr Ile Ile Leu Val Thr Leu Ile Se #r Leu Gly Ser Leu Val   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 TCT TCC GAA TAC CTT TCG TTT TCT ACT GAT CC #T CGG ATA ATT GGT GGT       96 Ser Ser Glu Tyr Leu Ser Phe Ser Thr Asp Pr #o Arg Ile Ile Gly Gly              20      #             25      #             30 GAA GAT GCT CCC GAG GGT TCT GCA CCA TAT CA #G GTT TCA TTA AGA AAT      144 Glu Asp Ala Pro Glu Gly Ser Ala Pro Tyr Gl #n Val Ser Leu Arg Asn          35          #         40          #         45 TCT GAC TTG CAG CAT TTT TGT GGT GGT TCC AT #C CTA AAC AAA CGA TGG      192 Ser Asp Leu Gln His Phe Cys Gly Gly Ser Il #e Leu Asn Lys Arg Trp      50              #     55              #     60 ATT TTA ACA GCA GCA CAT TGT CTC GAA CCT GG #T TTT TTA AAT TCT GTA      240 Ile Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cys Leu Glu Pro Gl #y Phe Leu Asn Ser Val  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 TAC ATG GGT TCG AAT TTG TTG GAT CGA AAA GG #C AGA TAT TAC GAT GTA      288 Tyr Met Gly Ser Asn Leu Leu Asp Arg Lys Gl #y Arg Tyr Tyr Asp Val                  85  #                 90  #                 95 GAA AGA TTT GTG ATG CAC CAT AAT TAT ACT GG #A AAG ATA GTT GCC AAT      336 Glu Arg Phe Val Met His His Asn Tyr Thr Gl #y Lys Ile Val Ala Asn             100       #           105       #           110 GTC GCT GAT ATA GGT CTA ATA AAA CTA GCA GA #A GAT ATA AAA TTC AGT      384 Val Ala Asp Ile Gly Leu Ile Lys Leu Ala Gl #u Asp Ile Lys Phe Ser         115           #       120           #       125 GAC AAG GTA CAA CCT GTA AAA ATT CAT CAA AC #T CAA ATC AAG GGC GGA      432 Asp Lys Val Gln Pro Val Lys Ile His Gln Th #r Gln Ile Lys Gly Gly     130               #   135               #   140 GAG ATT TGC AAA GCT ACT GGA TGG GGC AGG TT #G GGT GCT GAT CAG CCT      480 Glu Ile Cys Lys Ala Thr Gly Trp Gly Arg Le #u Gly Ala Asp Gln Pro 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 GTA CCA AAT AAA TTA CAA CAA TTG GAG ACA AT #T GCT ATT AGT GAT GAG      528 Val Pro Asn Lys Leu Gln Gln Leu Glu Thr Il #e Ala Ile Ser Asp Glu                 165   #               170   #               175 AAA TGT TAT GCA GAT ACA GGG TTT TTA GAA CC #T ACA TCT CAA ATA TGT      576 Lys Cys Tyr Ala Asp Thr Gly Phe Leu Glu Pr #o Thr Ser Gln Ile Cys             180       #           185       #           190 GTA TTC AGT GCA TTT GGA AAA GGA GTT TGT TT #T GGA GAT TCT GGT GGT      624 Val Phe Ser Ala Phe Gly Lys Gly Val Cys Ph #e Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly         195           #       200           #       205 CCA TTA GTT TAC AAA GGT GAA CAA GTA GGA GT #T GCA TCA TTC ATC ATG      672 Pro Leu Val Tyr Lys Gly Glu Gln Val Gly Va #l Ala Ser Phe Ile Met     210               #   215               #   220 ATC ACT TGT GGT GGT GGC AGN CCA GAT GTA TT #T GTT AGA GTA CTC GAT      720 Ile Thr Cys Gly Gly Gly Xaa Pro Asp Val Ph #e Val Arg Val Leu Asp 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 TAT CAG GAT TGG ATA AAT TCA TTT ATT TCT GG #A GAT AAC TAGTCTTTAA       769 Tyr Gln Asp Trp Ile Asn Ser Phe Ile Ser Gl #y Asp Asn                 245   #               250 TGTAAAATGA ACTATTATAA TATATATTTT TTATTCTTAT AAAATATATA CA #TTTTATT     829 CGCACAAAAA AAAAAAAAAA AAAAAA           #                   #             855 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 131:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 253 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #131: Met Ala Tyr Ile Ile Leu Val Thr Leu Ile Se #r Leu Gly Ser Leu Val   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ser Ser Glu Tyr Leu Ser Phe Ser Thr Asp Pr #o Arg Ile Ile Gly Gly              20      #             25      #             30 Glu Asp Ala Pro Glu Gly Ser Ala Pro Tyr Gl #n Val Ser Leu Arg Asn          35          #         40          #         45 Ser Asp Leu Gln His Phe Cys Gly Gly Ser Il #e Leu Asn Lys Arg Trp      50              #     55              #     60 Ile Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cys Leu Glu Pro Gl #y Phe Leu Asn Ser Val  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Tyr Met Gly Ser Asn Leu Leu Asp Arg Lys Gl #y Arg Tyr Tyr Asp Val                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Glu Arg Phe Val Met His His Asn Tyr Thr Gl #y Lys Ile Val Ala Asn             100       #           105       #           110 Val Ala Asp Ile Gly Leu Ile Lys Leu Ala Gl #u Asp Ile Lys Phe Ser         115           #       120           #       125 Asp Lys Val Gln Pro Val Lys Ile His Gln Th #r Gln Ile Lys Gly Gly     130               #   135               #   140 Glu Ile Cys Lys Ala Thr Gly Trp Gly Arg Le #u Gly Ala Asp Gln Pro 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Val Pro Asn Lys Leu Gln Gln Leu Glu Thr Il #e Ala Ile Ser Asp Glu                 165   #               170   #               175 Lys Cys Tyr Ala Asp Thr Gly Phe Leu Glu Pr #o Thr Ser Gln Ile Cys             180       #           185       #           190 Val Phe Ser Ala Phe Gly Lys Gly Val Cys Ph #e Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly         195           #       200           #       205 Pro Leu Val Tyr Lys Gly Glu Gln Val Gly Va #l Ala Ser Phe Ile Met     210               #   215               #   220 Ile Thr Cys Gly Gly Gly Xaa Pro Asp Val Ph #e Val Arg Val Leu Asp 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Tyr Gln Asp Trp Ile Asn Ser Phe Ile Ser Gl #y Asp Asn                 245   #               250 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 132:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 595 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 2..595           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 509, change C to               Y; at pos. # 556, change C to Y; at pos. 557, change  #C to               Y; at 561, # change C to Y; at 573, change C to Y.  # At pos.               aa. 170, 1 #86, 187, 190 and 191, substitute Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #132: T GGT TCC ATC TTG AAC AAA CGT TGG ATT GTA  #ACA GCT GCA CAT TGC         46   Gly Ser Ile Leu Asn Lys Arg Trp Ile V #al Thr Ala Ala His Cys     1               # 5                  # 10                  # 15 CTA AAC GCT GGC ATT TTA AAA TCC GTC TAT TT #G GGA TCA AAC TCA TTA       94 Leu Asn Ala Gly Ile Leu Lys Ser Val Tyr Le #u Gly Ser Asn Ser Leu                  20  #                 25  #                 30 GAT GGC GAT GGT ACA TAC TAC GAC GTC GAA CG #T TTT GTG ATG CAT GAT      142 Asp Gly Asp Gly Thr Tyr Tyr Asp Val Glu Ar #g Phe Val Met His Asp              35      #             40      #             45 AAA TAT ACA CCA AGA ATC ACT GTC AAC TAT GC #T GAT ATT GGT CTA ATA      190 Lys Tyr Thr Pro Arg Ile Thr Val Asn Tyr Al #a Asp Ile Gly Leu Ile          50          #         55          #         60 AAA GTG GCA AAA GAC ATT GTA TTC GGT GAC AA #A GTC CAA CCG ATC AAA      238 Lys Val Ala Lys Asp Ile Val Phe Gly Asp Ly #s Val Gln Pro Ile Lys      65              #     70              #     75 ATT AGC AAG AGA AAC ATC AAG GGT GGT GAA AT #T TGC AAG GCA ACT GGT      286 Ile Ser Lys Arg Asn Ile Lys Gly Gly Glu Il #e Cys Lys Ala Thr Gly  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 TGG GGT CTA TTA GGT TCT GTG GAC TCA GTA CC #A AAC GAA TTA CAA CAA      334 Trp Gly Leu Leu Gly Ser Val Asp Ser Val Pr #o Asn Glu Leu Gln Gln                 100   #               105   #               110 GTA GAA ACC ACT GCA ATA ACA GAC GAA AAG TG #C TTT GAA TTG ACT CAA      382 Val Glu Thr Thr Ala Ile Thr Asp Glu Lys Cy #s Phe Glu Leu Thr Gln             115       #           120       #           125 TTC ATT GAC CCA ACT TCG CAA ATA TGT ACA TT #C AGG GAA TTT GGT AGA      430 Phe Ile Asp Pro Thr Ser Gln Ile Cys Thr Ph #e Arg Glu Phe Gly Arg         130           #       135           #       140 GGC ATT TGC TTT GGT GAT TCT GGT GGA CCA CT #A GTT TAC AAA AAT GAA      478 Gly Ile Cys Phe Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Le #u Val Tyr Lys Asn Glu     145               #   150               #   155 CTT GTT GGC ATT ACA TCG ATG CAC TTA TAC YC #C TGC AGA GGT GGC AGG      526 Leu Val Gly Ile Thr Ser Met His Leu Tyr Xa #a Cys Arg Gly Gly Arg 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 CCA GAT ATT TTT TGT GAA AGT GCG AGA TTY YC #A AYC CTG GAT TAA AYT      574 Pro Asp Ile Phe Cys Glu Ser Ala Arg Phe Xa #a Xaa Leu Asp Xaa Xaa                 180   #               185   #               190 CTG AAA TTG AAA AAA ATT AAA        #                   #                 595 Leu Lys Leu Lys Lys Ile Lys             195 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 133:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 198 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #133: Gly Ser Ile Leu Asn Lys Arg Trp Ile Val Th #r Ala Ala His Cys Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Asn Ala Gly Ile Leu Lys Ser Val Tyr Leu Gl #y Ser Asn Ser Leu Asp              20      #             25      #             30 Gly Asp Gly Thr Tyr Tyr Asp Val Glu Arg Ph #e Val Met His Asp Lys          35          #         40          #         45 Tyr Thr Pro Arg Ile Thr Val Asn Tyr Ala As #p Ile Gly Leu Ile Lys      50              #     55              #     60 Val Ala Lys Asp Ile Val Phe Gly Asp Lys Va #l Gln Pro Ile Lys Ile  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Ser Lys Arg Asn Ile Lys Gly Gly Glu Ile Cy #s Lys Ala Thr Gly Trp                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Gly Leu Leu Gly Ser Val Asp Ser Val Pro As #n Glu Leu Gln Gln Val             100       #           105       #           110 Glu Thr Thr Ala Ile Thr Asp Glu Lys Cys Ph #e Glu Leu Thr Gln Phe         115           #       120           #       125 Ile Asp Pro Thr Ser Gln Ile Cys Thr Phe Ar #g Glu Phe Gly Arg Gly     130               #   135               #   140 Ile Cys Phe Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu Va #l Tyr Lys Asn Glu Leu 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Val Gly Ile Thr Ser Met His Leu Tyr Xaa Cy #s Arg Gly Gly Arg Pro                 165   #               170   #               175 Asp Ile Phe Cys Glu Ser Ala Arg Phe Xaa Xa #a Leu Asp Xaa Xaa Leu             180       #           185       #           190 Lys Leu Lys Lys Ile Lys         195 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 134:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 423 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..423     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #134: GTA GTT ACA GCT GCA CAT TGT GTC ACC GTT GG #A GGA CAT AAC CAA GTC       48 Val Val Thr Ala Ala His Cys Val Thr Val Gl #y Gly His Asn Gln Val   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GTA GCT GTT GTA GGA ACC AAC AAA TTG AGC TC #C GGA GGC ACC ACA TAC       96 Val Ala Val Val Gly Thr Asn Lys Leu Ser Se #r Gly Gly Thr Thr Tyr              20      #             25      #             30 AAA GCT GAA CGT GTT GTT GTA CAC GAA CGT TA #T GGC AAT GCT GAT ATT      144 Lys Ala Glu Arg Val Val Val His Glu Arg Ty #r Gly Asn Ala Asp Ile          35          #         40          #         45 GAC AAC GAT CTT GCC TTG ATC AAG TTG ACC CA #A GAT GTC GTA TTC ACT      192 Asp Asn Asp Leu Ala Leu Ile Lys Leu Thr Gl #n Asp Val Val Phe Thr      50              #     55              #     60 GAC CGC GTA CAG CCC GTC ACC GTA TCC AGA AC #T ACA GTC AAA GGA GGA      240 Asp Arg Val Gln Pro Val Thr Val Ser Arg Th #r Thr Val Lys Gly Gly  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 GAA ACC TTG AGA ATC ACT GGA TGG GGT TAC AC #C AAC CAC GGT GGC CCA      288 Glu Thr Leu Arg Ile Thr Gly Trp Gly Tyr Th #r Asn His Gly Gly Pro                  85  #                 90  #                 95 GTT CTG CCC GAC AGT TTG CAA GAA CTT CAT GT #A ACC GCC CAG ACC CCA      336 Val Leu Pro Asp Ser Leu Gln Glu Leu His Va #l Thr Ala Gln Thr Pro             100       #           105       #           110 AGC ACA TGC CAA AAA TAC ACA CCA GCC GCC AC #A CAA TTG TGC ACT TTC      384 Ser Thr Cys Gln Lys Tyr Thr Pro Ala Ala Th #r Gln Leu Cys Thr Phe         115           #       120           #       125 TTG AAG ACT GGA CAA GGA GTT TGC AAC GGT GA #T TCT GGA               #    423 Leu Lys Thr Gly Gln Gly Val Cys Asn Gly As #p Ser Gly     130               #   135               #   140 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 135:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 141 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #135: Val Val Thr Ala Ala His Cys Val Thr Val Gl #y Gly His Asn Gln Val   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Val Ala Val Val Gly Thr Asn Lys Leu Ser Se #r Gly Gly Thr Thr Tyr              20      #             25      #             30 Lys Ala Glu Arg Val Val Val His Glu Arg Ty #r Gly Asn Ala Asp Ile          35          #         40          #         45 Asp Asn Asp Leu Ala Leu Ile Lys Leu Thr Gl #n Asp Val Val Phe Thr      50              #     55              #     60 Asp Arg Val Gln Pro Val Thr Val Ser Arg Th #r Thr Val Lys Gly Gly  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Glu Thr Leu Arg Ile Thr Gly Trp Gly Tyr Th #r Asn His Gly Gly Pro                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Val Leu Pro Asp Ser Leu Gln Glu Leu His Va #l Thr Ala Gln Thr Pro             100       #           105       #           110 Ser Thr Cys Gln Lys Tyr Thr Pro Ala Ala Th #r Gln Leu Cys Thr Phe         115           #       120           #       125 Leu Lys Thr Gly Gln Gly Val Cys Asn Gly As #p Ser Gly     130               #   135               #   140 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 136:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 410 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..408     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #136: TGG GTT GTT ACT GCT GCT CAT TGT TTG AGA GG #C AAA GAC CAC CTC CTG       48 Trp Val Val Thr Ala Ala His Cys Leu Arg Gl #y Lys Asp His Leu Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GAC AAA CTG TTC ATT GCA GTC GGC CTG ACA AA #T TTA GGT GAA GGA GGC       96 Asp Lys Leu Phe Ile Ala Val Gly Leu Thr As #n Leu Gly Glu Gly Gly              20      #             25      #             30 ACC GTG TAT CCT GTA GAA AAA GGC ATC ATG CA #C GAA GAA TAT GAA CAT      144 Thr Val Tyr Pro Val Glu Lys Gly Ile Met Hi #s Glu Glu Tyr Glu His          35          #         40          #         45 TAT GAC ATA GTC AAC GAT ATT GCA CTA ATC AA #A GTC AAA TCT CCG ATA      192 Tyr Asp Ile Val Asn Asp Ile Ala Leu Ile Ly #s Val Lys Ser Pro Ile      50              #     55              #     60 GAA TTC AAT GAA AAA GTA ACG ACT GTA AAA TT #A GGT GAG GAT TAT GTT      240 Glu Phe Asn Glu Lys Val Thr Thr Val Lys Le #u Gly Glu Asp Tyr Val  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 GGC GGA GAC GTC CAA CTT CGA TTG ACA GGA TG #G GGA GTT ACG ACA AAT      288 Gly Gly Asp Val Gln Leu Arg Leu Thr Gly Tr #p Gly Val Thr Thr Asn                  85  #                 90  #                 95 GAG GGA ATC GGA AGC CCG AGT CAA AAA TTA CA #G GTC ATG ACA GCC AAA      336 Glu Gly Ile Gly Ser Pro Ser Gln Lys Leu Gl #n Val Met Thr Ala Lys             100       #           105       #           110 TCA CTA ACT TAT GAG GAT TGC AAA AAC GCA AT #T TAT AAA AAA GAC TTT      384 Ser Leu Thr Tyr Glu Asp Cys Lys Asn Ala Il #e Tyr Lys Lys Asp Phe         115           #       120           #       125 CGA AAG CCA AAT TTG TGC ACA GGC TA     #                   #             410 Arg Lys Pro Asn Leu Cys Thr Gly     130               #   135 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 137:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 136 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #137: Trp Val Val Thr Ala Ala His Cys Leu Arg Gl #y Lys Asp His Leu Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Asp Lys Leu Phe Ile Ala Val Gly Leu Thr As #n Leu Gly Glu Gly Gly              20      #             25      #             30 Thr Val Tyr Pro Val Glu Lys Gly Ile Met Hi #s Glu Glu Tyr Glu His          35          #         40          #         45 Tyr Asp Ile Val Asn Asp Ile Ala Leu Ile Ly #s Val Lys Ser Pro Ile      50              #     55              #     60 Glu Phe Asn Glu Lys Val Thr Thr Val Lys Le #u Gly Glu Asp Tyr Val  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Gly Gly Asp Val Gln Leu Arg Leu Thr Gly Tr #p Gly Val Thr Thr Asn                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Glu Gly Ile Gly Ser Pro Ser Gln Lys Leu Gl #n Val Met Thr Ala Lys             100       #           105       #           110 Ser Leu Thr Tyr Glu Asp Cys Lys Asn Ala Il #e Tyr Lys Lys Asp Phe         115           #       120           #       125 Arg Lys Pro Asn Leu Cys Thr Gly     130               #   135 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 138:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 864 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 2..781           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 456, change G to               K; at pos. # bp 504, change A to R.  At pos. aa 15 #2 and               168, substitu #te Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #138: T ACA AAA CCT ATT ACA ATT CAA AAG TTG TTC  #CAA ATG ATG GCA AAT         46   Thr Lys Pro Ile Thr Ile Gln Lys Leu P #he Gln Met Met Ala Asn     1               # 5                  # 10                  # 15 TTT GTG CTA TTC ACC TTA CTA GCC TTA GTA TC #A GTA GCA TGT TCC AAA       94 Phe Val Leu Phe Thr Leu Leu Ala Leu Val Se #r Val Ala Cys Ser Lys                  20  #                 25  #                 30 TAT ATT GAT CCA AGA ATC ATT GGA GGC GAA GA #T GCT CCT GAA GGC TCG      142 Tyr Ile Asp Pro Arg Ile Ile Gly Gly Glu As #p Ala Pro Glu Gly Ser              35      #             40      #             45 GCT CCG TAT CAA GTT TCA CTG AGA AAT CGG GA #C CTA GAG CAT TTC TGT      190 Ala Pro Tyr Gln Val Ser Leu Arg Asn Arg As #p Leu Glu His Phe Cys          50          #         55          #         60 GGT GGC TCC ATC TTA AAC AAA CGT TGG ATT GT #G ACG GCT GCA CAT TGC      238 Gly Gly Ser Ile Leu Asn Lys Arg Trp Ile Va #l Thr Ala Ala His Cys      65              #     70              #     75 CTA AAA CCT GGC ATT TTA AAA TCC GTC TAT AT #G GGA TCA AAC TCA TTA      286 Leu Lys Pro Gly Ile Leu Lys Ser Val Tyr Me #t Gly Ser Asn Ser Leu  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 GAT GGC AAT GGT ACA TAC TAC GAC GTC GAA CG #T TTT GTG ATG CAT CAT      334 Asp Gly Asn Gly Thr Tyr Tyr Asp Val Glu Ar #g Phe Val Met His His                 100   #               105   #               110 AAA TAT ACA CCA AAA ATT ACT GTC AAC TAT GC #T GAT ATT GGT CTA ATA      382 Lys Tyr Thr Pro Lys Ile Thr Val Asn Tyr Al #a Asp Ile Gly Leu Ile             115       #           120       #           125 AAA GTG ACA AAA GAC ATT ATA TTC AGT GAC AA #A GTT CAA CCA ATC AAA      430 Lys Val Thr Lys Asp Ile Ile Phe Ser Asp Ly #s Val Gln Pro Ile Lys         130           #       135           #       140 ATA GCA AAA AAA ATA TCA AGG GTG GKG AAT CT #G CAA GGC CAC TGG TTG      478 Ile Ala Lys Lys Ile Ser Arg Val Xaa Asn Le #u Gln Gly His Trp Leu     145               #   150               #   155 GGG TCG ATT GGC GGA TGG GGC CCC CRG TAC CA #A ACG AAT TGC AAC AAG      526 Gly Ser Ile Gly Gly Trp Gly Pro Xaa Tyr Gl #n Thr Asn Cys Asn Lys 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 GTG GAA ACC ACT GCA ATA ACA AAT GAA AAG TG #C TAC GAA TTG TCT CAA      574 Val Glu Thr Thr Ala Ile Thr Asn Glu Lys Cy #s Tyr Glu Leu Ser Gln                 180   #               185   #               190 TTC GTT GAG CCA ACT TCG CAA ATA TGT ACA TT #A AGG GAA TTT TTA AGA      622 Phe Val Glu Pro Thr Ser Gln Ile Cys Thr Le #u Arg Glu Phe Leu Arg             195       #           200       #           205 GGC ATT TGC TTT GGT GAT TCT GGT GGA CCA CT #G GTT TAC AAA GGT GAA      670 Gly Ile Cys Phe Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Le #u Val Tyr Lys Gly Glu         210           #       215           #       220 CTG GTT GGC GTT TCT TCG TTT GTC TTG TAC AC #T TGC GGA GCT GGA CGC      718 Leu Val Gly Val Ser Ser Phe Val Leu Tyr Th #r Cys Gly Ala Gly Arg     225               #   230               #   235 CCA GAT GTT TTT GTT AAA GTG CGT GAT TTC CA #A TCT TGG ATC AAT TCT      766 Pro Asp Val Phe Val Lys Val Arg Asp Phe Gl #n Ser Trp Ile Asn Ser 240                 2 #45                 2 #50                 2 #55 GAA ATT AGA AAA AAA TAAATAGATT TCAATCATGA TTTGTTGTA #A TAAAAAATGG      821 Glu Ile Arg Lys Lys                 260 TTAAATAAAG GCAGCATAAT TTAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAA AAA     #                   #864 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 139:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 260 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #139: Thr Lys Pro Ile Thr Ile Gln Lys Leu Phe Gl #n Met Met Ala Asn Phe   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Val Leu Phe Thr Leu Leu Ala Leu Val Ser Va #l Ala Cys Ser Lys Tyr              20      #             25      #             30 Ile Asp Pro Arg Ile Ile Gly Gly Glu Asp Al #a Pro Glu Gly Ser Ala          35          #         40          #         45 Pro Tyr Gln Val Ser Leu Arg Asn Arg Asp Le #u Glu His Phe Cys Gly      50              #     55              #     60 Gly Ser Ile Leu Asn Lys Arg Trp Ile Val Th #r Ala Ala His Cys Leu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Lys Pro Gly Ile Leu Lys Ser Val Tyr Met Gl #y Ser Asn Ser Leu Asp                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Gly Asn Gly Thr Tyr Tyr Asp Val Glu Arg Ph #e Val Met His His Lys             100       #           105       #           110 Tyr Thr Pro Lys Ile Thr Val Asn Tyr Ala As #p Ile Gly Leu Ile Lys         115           #       120           #       125 Val Thr Lys Asp Ile Ile Phe Ser Asp Lys Va #l Gln Pro Ile Lys Ile     130               #   135               #   140 Ala Lys Lys Ile Ser Arg Val Xaa Asn Leu Gl #n Gly His Trp Leu Gly 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Ser Ile Gly Gly Trp Gly Pro Xaa Tyr Gln Th #r Asn Cys Asn Lys Val                 165   #               170   #               175 Glu Thr Thr Ala Ile Thr Asn Glu Lys Cys Ty #r Glu Leu Ser Gln Phe             180       #           185       #           190 Val Glu Pro Thr Ser Gln Ile Cys Thr Leu Ar #g Glu Phe Leu Arg Gly         195           #       200           #       205 Ile Cys Phe Gly Asp Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu Va #l Tyr Lys Gly Glu Leu     210               #   215               #   220 Val Gly Val Ser Ser Phe Val Leu Tyr Thr Cy #s Gly Ala Gly Arg Pro 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Asp Val Phe Val Lys Val Arg Asp Phe Gln Se #r Trp Ile Asn Ser Glu                 245   #               250   #               255 Ile Arg Lys Lys             260 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 140:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 610 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..555           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 133, change A to               H; at pos. # bp 168, change A to W.  At pos. aa 45 #,               substitute Xa #a.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #140: GTT TTG ACA GCT GCT CAT TGT GTA GAA AAG TA #T AAA TTG ACT GTT AGA       48 Val Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cys Val Glu Lys Ty #r Lys Leu Thr Val Arg   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GTT GGC AGC AGC GAT TTG GAA TCA GGA GGC AA #A ATA CAT ACC ATT AAA       96 Val Gly Ser Ser Asp Leu Glu Ser Gly Gly Ly #s Ile His Thr Ile Lys              20      #             25      #             30 AAA ATC CAT GTT CAT CCA TAT TAC GAA CCG GT #T GAC HAC GAT TTT GCC      144 Lys Ile His Val His Pro Tyr Tyr Glu Pro Va #l Asp Xaa Asp Phe Ala          35          #         40          #         45 TTG CTG GGA CTT GAT GAA CCA GTW TTC TTG AG #C AAC AAA GTT CAA CTT      192 Leu Leu Gly Leu Asp Glu Pro Val Phe Leu Se #r Asn Lys Val Gln Leu      50              #     55              #     60 GTG AAA CTT GTA GAA CAA GGT GTA GAT CTG GA #T GAA GGA ACC TTT CTT      240 Val Lys Leu Val Glu Gln Gly Val Asp Leu As #p Glu Gly Thr Phe Leu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 AAT GCC ACT GGA TGG GGT ACA ACA GCG ACC GA #A GAT TTG GCT CCA GTT      288 Asn Ala Thr Gly Trp Gly Thr Thr Ala Thr Gl #u Asp Leu Ala Pro Val                  85  #                 90  #                 95 CTT CAA TTA GTA ACA GTT CCA GTA GTC AAC AC #A TAT ACT TGC AGC AAA      336 Leu Gln Leu Val Thr Val Pro Val Val Asn Th #r Tyr Thr Cys Ser Lys             100       #           105       #           110 ATT TAC GAC TTT GGT ATC ACA CAA AGA ATG TT #T TGC GCT GGT TAT ATG      384 Ile Tyr Asp Phe Gly Ile Thr Gln Arg Met Ph #e Cys Ala Gly Tyr Met         115           #       120           #       125 GAT GGA ACT CTT AAG GAC ATC TGC TCT GGA GA #T TCA GGT AGT CCT GTG      432 Asp Gly Thr Leu Lys Asp Ile Cys Ser Gly As #p Ser Gly Ser Pro Val     130               #   135               #   140 GTG AAG GAT GGT ATC CAA TAT GGT GTG GTG TC #T TGG GGA AAA GCT TGT      480 Val Lys Asp Gly Ile Gln Tyr Gly Val Val Se #r Trp Gly Lys Ala Cys 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 GCC GAT CCA AGA TAT CCA AAT GTT TAT TCC AA #A GTT AGC TAC GAA CGT      528 Ala Asp Pro Arg Tyr Pro Asn Val Tyr Ser Ly #s Val Ser Tyr Glu Arg                 165   #               170   #               175 ATA TGG ATT AAA GAA GTG TCT GGA GTT TAAGTAGAT #G CATTCTTTAT            575 Ile Trp Ile Lys Glu Val Ser Gly Val             180       #           185 TATAATAAAA TTGTTTAATT AAAAAAAAAA AAAAA        #                   #      610 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 141:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 185 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #141: Val Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cys Val Glu Lys Ty #r Lys Leu Thr Val Arg   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Val Gly Ser Ser Asp Leu Glu Ser Gly Gly Ly #s Ile His Thr Ile Lys              20      #             25      #             30 Lys Ile His Val His Pro Tyr Tyr Glu Pro Va #l Asp Xaa Asp Phe Ala          35          #         40          #         45 Leu Leu Gly Leu Asp Glu Pro Val Phe Leu Se #r Asn Lys Val Gln Leu      50              #     55              #     60 Val Lys Leu Val Glu Gln Gly Val Asp Leu As #p Glu Gly Thr Phe Leu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Asn Ala Thr Gly Trp Gly Thr Thr Ala Thr Gl #u Asp Leu Ala Pro Val                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Leu Gln Leu Val Thr Val Pro Val Val Asn Th #r Tyr Thr Cys Ser Lys             100       #           105       #           110 Ile Tyr Asp Phe Gly Ile Thr Gln Arg Met Ph #e Cys Ala Gly Tyr Met         115           #       120           #       125 Asp Gly Thr Leu Lys Asp Ile Cys Ser Gly As #p Ser Gly Ser Pro Val     130               #   135               #   140 Val Lys Asp Gly Ile Gln Tyr Gly Val Val Se #r Trp Gly Lys Ala Cys 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Ala Asp Pro Arg Tyr Pro Asn Val Tyr Ser Ly #s Val Ser Tyr Glu Arg                 165   #               170   #               175 Ile Trp Ile Lys Glu Val Ser Gly Val             180       #           185 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 142:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 386 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..384           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 3, change A to                R.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #142: AAR ATT GGT ACT AGC CAT AGG ATA CTT TAT GG #T AGA GTG ATA GAC ATA       48 Lys Ile Gly Thr Ser His Arg Ile Leu Tyr Gl #y Arg Val Ile Asp Ile   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 AAA GAA ATT ATA ATG CAT CCA GAC TAT ACG TC #T GTA TCA GGA AGT GGA       96 Lys Glu Ile Ile Met His Pro Asp Tyr Thr Se #r Val Ser Gly Ser Gly              20      #             25      #             30 TAC GAT GTA GCA CTA TTG AAA CCG TCT ACA AA #A ATT GTT TTT AAC TCA      144 Tyr Asp Val Ala Leu Leu Lys Pro Ser Thr Ly #s Ile Val Phe Asn Ser          35          #         40          #         45 AAA TCT ATC AAA CCT GTA AAG CTA ATT GAT GA #A GGA ATC GAA ACG GCT      192 Lys Ser Ile Lys Pro Val Lys Leu Ile Asp Gl #u Gly Ile Glu Thr Ala      50              #     55              #     60 AAT GGT TCA ATA GCA ACC GTG GCA GGT TGG GG #T AAA GTA GTG GAT GGT      240 Asn Gly Ser Ile Ala Thr Val Ala Gly Trp Gl #y Lys Val Val Asp Gly  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 TTT CCG TAC ATA CCT AAT TAT TTA TTG GCT GT #A AAT GTA CCG ATT ATT      288 Phe Pro Tyr Ile Pro Asn Tyr Leu Leu Ala Va #l Asn Val Pro Ile Ile                  85  #                 90  #                 95 GAT AGC GAT ACA TGC AAG TCG ATG AAT ATT GA #A TAT CAA AAA TAT TTG      336 Asp Ser Asp Thr Cys Lys Ser Met Asn Ile Gl #u Tyr Gln Lys Tyr Leu             100       #           105       #           110 AAA CCA AAT ATG ATA TGC GCC GGA TAT GCA AA #A GGT GGT AAA GAT TCT      384 Lys Pro Asn Met Ile Cys Ala Gly Tyr Ala Ly #s Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser         115           #       120           #       125 TG                   #                   #                   #             386 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 143:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 128 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #143: Lys Ile Gly Thr Ser His Arg Ile Leu Tyr Gl #y Arg Val Ile Asp Ile   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Lys Glu Ile Ile Met His Pro Asp Tyr Thr Se #r Val Ser Gly Ser Gly              20      #             25      #             30 Tyr Asp Val Ala Leu Leu Lys Pro Ser Thr Ly #s Ile Val Phe Asn Ser          35          #         40          #         45 Lys Ser Ile Lys Pro Val Lys Leu Ile Asp Gl #u Gly Ile Glu Thr Ala      50              #     55              #     60 Asn Gly Ser Ile Ala Thr Val Ala Gly Trp Gl #y Lys Val Val Asp Gly  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Phe Pro Tyr Ile Pro Asn Tyr Leu Leu Ala Va #l Asn Val Pro Ile Ile                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Asp Ser Asp Thr Cys Lys Ser Met Asn Ile Gl #u Tyr Gln Lys Tyr Leu             100       #           105       #           110 Lys Pro Asn Met Ile Cys Ala Gly Tyr Ala Ly #s Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser         115           #       120           #       125 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 144:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 923 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 2..802           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 896, change G to               B; at pos. # bp 899, change A to W.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #144: A TTA ACA ATG ATG AAA CTT TTG GTA GTT TTT  #GCG ATT TTC GCT CAA         46   Leu Thr Met Met Lys Leu Leu Val Val P #he Ala Ile Phe Ala Gln     1               # 5                  # 10                  # 15 ATC AGT TTT GTT TTT GGA AAT AAT GTA ACA GA #A TTC GAT GAC CGA ATC       94 Ile Ser Phe Val Phe Gly Asn Asn Val Thr Gl #u Phe Asp Asp Arg Ile                  20  #                 25  #                 30 GTT GGA GGT GAA GAT GTT GAT ATA TCA ACT TG #T GGT TGG CAA ATT TCA      142 Val Gly Gly Glu Asp Val Asp Ile Ser Thr Cy #s Gly Trp Gln Ile Ser              35      #             40      #             45 TTT CAA AGT GAA AAC CTT CAT TTT TGT GGA GG #A TCA ATT ATT GCA CCA      190 Phe Gln Ser Glu Asn Leu His Phe Cys Gly Gl #y Ser Ile Ile Ala Pro          50          #         55          #         60 AAA TGG ATT CTA ACT GCT GCA CAC TGT GTT GA #A TGG TTG AAA AAG CCG      238 Lys Trp Ile Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cys Val Gl #u Trp Leu Lys Lys Pro      65              #     70              #     75 CTC AAA GAC ATA ACC GTA CGT ATA GGA AGC AG #T ATA CGT AAC AAA GGT      286 Leu Lys Asp Ile Thr Val Arg Ile Gly Ser Se #r Ile Arg Asn Lys Gly  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 GGT CGA GTT CAT AAA GTA ATA GAT TTC CAC AT #G CAT CCC TCG TAC AAT      334 Gly Arg Val His Lys Val Ile Asp Phe His Me #t His Pro Ser Tyr Asn                 100   #               105   #               110 AAG AGG GCG GAT TAT GAT TTT GAC GTT GCT GT #A CTA GAA CTT GAA AAA      382 Lys Arg Ala Asp Tyr Asp Phe Asp Val Ala Va #l Leu Glu Leu Glu Lys             115       #           120       #           125 CCA GTC TCA TAT ACG GTT TGT ACA GTA GTA TC #A GTA GAT TTA GCC GAA      430 Pro Val Ser Tyr Thr Val Cys Thr Val Val Se #r Val Asp Leu Ala Glu         130           #       135           #       140 AGT GGA ACT GAA GTT AAA CCT GGA GCA ATA CT #T AGT GTC ACT GGA TGG      478 Ser Gly Thr Glu Val Lys Pro Gly Ala Ile Le #u Ser Val Thr Gly Trp     145               #   150               #   155 GGT GCA ACT AAG GAA GGT GGT GGC GGA ACT TT #G CAA CTA CAA GGT GTG      526 Gly Ala Thr Lys Glu Gly Gly Gly Gly Thr Le #u Gln Leu Gln Gly Val 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 AAA GTT CCA GCT ATC TCT CCC AAA GAT TGT GC #T AAG GGA TAT CCA CCT      574 Lys Val Pro Ala Ile Ser Pro Lys Asp Cys Al #a Lys Gly Tyr Pro Pro                 180   #               185   #               190 TCT GGA GGT AAA GAC AAA ATT ACA GAC AGC AT #G TTA TGT GCT GGT CTT      622 Ser Gly Gly Lys Asp Lys Ile Thr Asp Ser Me #t Leu Cys Ala Gly Leu             195       #           200       #           205 CCT GAA GGA GGT AAA GAT TCC TGC CAA GGC GA #C AGT GGC GGT CCA CTG      670 Pro Glu Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys Gln Gly As #p Ser Gly Gly Pro Leu         210           #       215           #       220 GTA GAT GAA AAT AGA AAG CAA GTA GGA GTG GT #T TCT TGG GGT CAA GGA      718 Val Asp Glu Asn Arg Lys Gln Val Gly Val Va #l Ser Trp Gly Gln Gly     225               #   230               #   235 TGT GCC AGA CCA GGA AAA CCA GGA ATT TAT GC #T AAA GTG TCA CAC CCC      766 Cys Ala Arg Pro Gly Lys Pro Gly Ile Tyr Al #a Lys Val Ser His Pro 240                 2 #45                 2 #50                 2 #55 GAA ATC AGA AAA TTT ATT GAA AAA TAT GCT AA #T GTT TAAGTGGATT           812 Glu Ile Arg Lys Phe Ile Glu Lys Tyr Ala As #n Val                 260   #               265 TCATTTTCAA TATAATGTGA TTTAAGATAC TCTTTAATGT TATGATATGA AT #TGTGATA     872 ATTAAATAAT AAAGATTGAA GAABTGWTAA AAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAA A  #            923 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 145:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 267 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #145: Leu Thr Met Met Lys Leu Leu Val Val Phe Al #a Ile Phe Ala Gln Ile   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ser Phe Val Phe Gly Asn Asn Val Thr Glu Ph #e Asp Asp Arg Ile Val              20      #             25      #             30 Gly Gly Glu Asp Val Asp Ile Ser Thr Cys Gl #y Trp Gln Ile Ser Phe          35          #         40          #         45 Gln Ser Glu Asn Leu His Phe Cys Gly Gly Se #r Ile Ile Ala Pro Lys      50              #     55              #     60 Trp Ile Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cys Val Glu Tr #p Leu Lys Lys Pro Leu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Lys Asp Ile Thr Val Arg Ile Gly Ser Ser Il #e Arg Asn Lys Gly Gly                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Arg Val His Lys Val Ile Asp Phe His Met Hi #s Pro Ser Tyr Asn Lys             100       #           105       #           110 Arg Ala Asp Tyr Asp Phe Asp Val Ala Val Le #u Glu Leu Glu Lys Pro         115           #       120           #       125 Val Ser Tyr Thr Val Cys Thr Val Val Ser Va #l Asp Leu Ala Glu Ser     130               #   135               #   140 Gly Thr Glu Val Lys Pro Gly Ala Ile Leu Se #r Val Thr Gly Trp Gly 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Ala Thr Lys Glu Gly Gly Gly Gly Thr Leu Gl #n Leu Gln Gly Val Lys                 165   #               170   #               175 Val Pro Ala Ile Ser Pro Lys Asp Cys Ala Ly #s Gly Tyr Pro Pro Ser             180       #           185       #           190 Gly Gly Lys Asp Lys Ile Thr Asp Ser Met Le #u Cys Ala Gly Leu Pro         195           #       200           #       205 Glu Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser Cys Gln Gly Asp Se #r Gly Gly Pro Leu Val     210               #   215               #   220 Asp Glu Asn Arg Lys Gln Val Gly Val Val Se #r Trp Gly Gln Gly Cys 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Ala Arg Pro Gly Lys Pro Gly Ile Tyr Ala Ly #s Val Ser His Pro Glu                 245   #               250   #               255 Ile Arg Lys Phe Ile Glu Lys Tyr Ala Asn Va #l             260       #           265 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 146:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 612 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..612     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #146: GTT TGC AAG ATG GCA ACA ACT CTG TTT TCT CT #T GCC ATA GTG TTG TTT       48 Val Cys Lys Met Ala Thr Thr Leu Phe Ser Le #u Ala Ile Val Leu Phe   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 ATC TCT ACT TCA GAA GAA TCA GCA CAT ATT TC #G CAA GGA TCT CGA ATA       96 Ile Ser Thr Ser Glu Glu Ser Ala His Ile Se #r Gln Gly Ser Arg Ile              20      #             25      #             30 TTA GGA GGT AGA AAT GCA AAA CTC GGA GAT GC #T CCT TAT CAA GTA TCA      144 Leu Gly Gly Arg Asn Ala Lys Leu Gly Asp Al #a Pro Tyr Gln Val Ser          35          #         40          #         45 CTA AGA GAT AAT TTT GGA CAT TTT TGT GGA GG #T TCT ATC ATT AGT GAA      192 Leu Arg Asp Asn Phe Gly His Phe Cys Gly Gl #y Ser Ile Ile Ser Glu      50              #     55              #     60 AAT TTT GTG ATT ACA GCA GCT CAT TGC CTT GA #T GGA TAC ACA GTG AGC      240 Asn Phe Val Ile Thr Ala Ala His Cys Leu As #p Gly Tyr Thr Val Ser  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 AAA TTT AAA GTA GCA ACT GGT ACA ATC GAG TA #T GGT AAA GGA GGT GAC      288 Lys Phe Lys Val Ala Thr Gly Thr Ile Glu Ty #r Gly Lys Gly Gly Asp                  85  #                 90  #                 95 GAA TAT AAA GTC ATC AAC TTT GTT GTC CGG GA #T GAC TTT CAA TAT GTC      336 Glu Tyr Lys Val Ile Asn Phe Val Val Arg As #p Asp Phe Gln Tyr Val             100       #           105       #           110 AAA TTA GAA AAT GAT ATT GCT ATA GTA CAA AT #A GAT GGA TCT TTT AAA      384 Lys Leu Glu Asn Asp Ile Ala Ile Val Gln Il #e Asp Gly Ser Phe Lys         115           #       120           #       125 TTT AAT GAC TAT GTA AAG CCT ATA AAA TTG CC #A AAT CAA GAT ACT AAA      432 Phe Asn Asp Tyr Val Lys Pro Ile Lys Leu Pr #o Asn Gln Asp Thr Lys     130               #   135               #   140 GTT GGC GCG GAT GTT GTC CTA ACA GGA TGG GG #A AAA ATG GAA GGT GGT      480 Val Gly Ala Asp Val Val Leu Thr Gly Trp Gl #y Lys Met Glu Gly Gly 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 AAA AAT CCA GAA ACT CTA CAA ATC TTG AAC TT #A AAA ACA ATT GAT CAA      528 Lys Asn Pro Glu Thr Leu Gln Ile Leu Asn Le #u Lys Thr Ile Asp Gln                 165   #               170   #               175 GGA GAA TGC AAA CAA GCT TTG GCA GAA GTA AA #C ACA GTT CTT CCA AGT      576 Gly Glu Cys Lys Gln Ala Leu Ala Glu Val As #n Thr Val Leu Pro Ser             180       #           185       #           190 CAA ATT TGT ACC TAT GTT GGT GTT GGC AAA GG #A GCT                 #      612 Gln Ile Cys Thr Tyr Val Gly Val Gly Lys Gl #y Ala         195           #       200 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 147:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 204 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #147: Val Cys Lys Met Ala Thr Thr Leu Phe Ser Le #u Ala Ile Val Leu Phe   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ile Ser Thr Ser Glu Glu Ser Ala His Ile Se #r Gln Gly Ser Arg Ile              20      #             25      #             30 Leu Gly Gly Arg Asn Ala Lys Leu Gly Asp Al #a Pro Tyr Gln Val Ser          35          #         40          #         45 Leu Arg Asp Asn Phe Gly His Phe Cys Gly Gl #y Ser Ile Ile Ser Glu      50              #     55              #     60 Asn Phe Val Ile Thr Ala Ala His Cys Leu As #p Gly Tyr Thr Val Ser  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Lys Phe Lys Val Ala Thr Gly Thr Ile Glu Ty #r Gly Lys Gly Gly Asp                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Glu Tyr Lys Val Ile Asn Phe Val Val Arg As #p Asp Phe Gln Tyr Val             100       #           105       #           110 Lys Leu Glu Asn Asp Ile Ala Ile Val Gln Il #e Asp Gly Ser Phe Lys         115           #       120           #       125 Phe Asn Asp Tyr Val Lys Pro Ile Lys Leu Pr #o Asn Gln Asp Thr Lys     130               #   135               #   140 Val Gly Ala Asp Val Val Leu Thr Gly Trp Gl #y Lys Met Glu Gly Gly 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Lys Asn Pro Glu Thr Leu Gln Ile Leu Asn Le #u Lys Thr Ile Asp Gln                 165   #               170   #               175 Gly Glu Cys Lys Gln Ala Leu Ala Glu Val As #n Thr Val Leu Pro Ser             180       #           185       #           190 Gln Ile Cys Thr Tyr Val Gly Val Gly Lys Gl #y Ala         195           #       200 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 148:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 641 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 3..641           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 91, change G to               N; at pos. # bp 385, change A to M; at bp 404, change # A to               W.  At  #pos. aa 30, 128 and 134, substitute Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #148: CA AAC ATG AAA CTT TAT GTT TTT ACA TTG ATC # ATC GCA GCC GCT GTT        47    Asn Met Lys Leu Tyr Val Phe Thr Leu  #Ile Ile Ala Ala Ala Val      1              #  5                 #  10                 #  15 GCT GCA CCA ACA AAC GAA ATC GAT TGG ATA GG #C TTT CCC GAA GNT TTT       95 Ala Ala Pro Thr Asn Glu Ile Asp Trp Ile Gl #y Phe Pro Glu Xaa Phe                  20  #                 25  #                 30 CCT CGT GTA GTT GGT GGC CAG ACT GCC AAA CC #T CAC CAG TTC CCC TGG      143 Pro Arg Val Val Gly Gly Gln Thr Ala Lys Pr #o His Gln Phe Pro Trp              35      #             40      #             45 CAG GTT TCC CTG CAA AGG TCC GGA AAG CAT TT #G TGC GGC GGT TCC ATC      191 Gln Val Ser Leu Gln Arg Ser Gly Lys His Le #u Cys Gly Gly Ser Ile          50          #         55          #         60 TTG AAC GAC AGG TGG GTC TTG ACA GCC GCG CA #C TGC ATC AGC GGA ACT      239 Leu Asn Asp Arg Trp Val Leu Thr Ala Ala Hi #s Cys Ile Ser Gly Thr      65              #     70              #     75 GAA AAT TAC GAG GCT GTA GTC GGA AAA CAC GA #T TTG TCG AAA AGC GAA      287 Glu Asn Tyr Glu Ala Val Val Gly Lys His As #p Leu Ser Lys Ser Glu  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 TCA TCT GAG CAA CGT TGC GCC TAC AAG AGG AC #C ATC GTC CAC TCG TCC      335 Ser Ser Glu Gln Arg Cys Ala Tyr Lys Arg Th #r Ile Val His Ser Ser                 100   #               105   #               110 TTC ACT GGA AGG GTG GGT CCT TAC GAT GTC GC #T TTG ATT GAA TTA GAA      383 Phe Thr Gly Arg Val Gly Pro Tyr Asp Val Al #a Leu Ile Glu Leu Glu             115       #           120       #           125 AMA CCT TTC AAA TTG AAC GAW AAA TGT AAG CC #A ATC AGA CTT CCA TTG      431 Xaa Pro Phe Lys Leu Asn Xaa Lys Cys Lys Pr #o Ile Arg Leu Pro Leu         130           #       135           #       140 AAA GAT GAA GCA CAT TCT GGA CAA GTG ACG CT #T TCT GGT TGG GGA TCT      479 Lys Asp Glu Ala His Ser Gly Gln Val Thr Le #u Ser Gly Trp Gly Ser     145               #   150               #   155 ACT TCA ACT ACC ATC TTC CCC ACT TAC CCA AA #T GAA CTA CAG TAT GTT      527 Thr Ser Thr Thr Ile Phe Pro Thr Tyr Pro As #n Glu Leu Gln Tyr Val 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 GAC AAA CCG ATT GTT CCA TAT ACT GAT TGC GA #A AAT GCT ATG GGC GGA      575 Asp Lys Pro Ile Val Pro Tyr Thr Asp Cys Gl #u Asn Ala Met Gly Gly                 180   #               185   #               190 CCA GGA GCA TCT CCT CTT GAT CCT TTG AAC AT #C TGC ACT GGT CCC TTG      623 Pro Gly Ala Ser Pro Leu Asp Pro Leu Asn Il #e Cys Thr Gly Pro Leu             195       #           200       #           205 ACT GGT GGC ATC AGT GCT          #                   #                   # 641 Thr Gly Gly Ile Ser Ala         210 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 149:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 213 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #149: Asn Met Lys Leu Tyr Val Phe Thr Leu Ile Il #e Ala Ala Ala Val Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ala Pro Thr Asn Glu Ile Asp Trp Ile Gly Ph #e Pro Glu Xaa Phe Pro              20      #             25      #             30 Arg Val Val Gly Gly Gln Thr Ala Lys Pro Hi #s Gln Phe Pro Trp Gln          35          #         40          #         45 Val Ser Leu Gln Arg Ser Gly Lys His Leu Cy #s Gly Gly Ser Ile Leu      50              #     55              #     60 Asn Asp Arg Trp Val Leu Thr Ala Ala His Cy #s Ile Ser Gly Thr Glu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Asn Tyr Glu Ala Val Val Gly Lys His Asp Le #u Ser Lys Ser Glu Ser                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Ser Glu Gln Arg Cys Ala Tyr Lys Arg Thr Il #e Val His Ser Ser Phe             100       #           105       #           110 Thr Gly Arg Val Gly Pro Tyr Asp Val Ala Le #u Ile Glu Leu Glu Xaa         115           #       120           #       125 Pro Phe Lys Leu Asn Xaa Lys Cys Lys Pro Il #e Arg Leu Pro Leu Lys     130               #   135               #   140 Asp Glu Ala His Ser Gly Gln Val Thr Leu Se #r Gly Trp Gly Ser Thr 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Ser Thr Thr Ile Phe Pro Thr Tyr Pro Asn Gl #u Leu Gln Tyr Val Asp                 165   #               170   #               175 Lys Pro Ile Val Pro Tyr Thr Asp Cys Glu As #n Ala Met Gly Gly Pro             180       #           185       #           190 Gly Ala Ser Pro Leu Asp Pro Leu Asn Ile Cy #s Thr Gly Pro Leu Thr         195           #       200           #       205 Gly Gly Ile Ser Ala     210 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 150:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 626 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 3..626     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #150: TG ACT ATG AAC TTT GCA TTG TGG TTT GTG ACT # CTT GTG TCC ATC ACC        47    Thr Met Asn Phe Ala Leu Trp Phe Val  #Thr Leu Val Ser Ile Thr      1              #  5                 #  10                 #  15 AGC GCT GAT CCA ATT CGT GTT TCC TCA ATT GG #A AAT GCT AAT ATG GAA       95 Ser Ala Asp Pro Ile Arg Val Ser Ser Ile Gl #y Asn Ala Asn Met Glu                  20  #                 25  #                 30 TCT CGC GTT GTT GGT GGC GAA AAC GCA GAA GT #A GGA GCT GCT CCT TAC      143 Ser Arg Val Val Gly Gly Glu Asn Ala Glu Va #l Gly Ala Ala Pro Tyr              35      #             40      #             45 CAA GTT TCT TTG AAA TAC AAT AAT GGA GCT CA #T TTT TGC GGA GGT GTC      191 Gln Val Ser Leu Lys Tyr Asn Asn Gly Ala Hi #s Phe Cys Gly Gly Val          50          #         55          #         60 GTG ATA ACC AAA ACT TGG GTG CTA ACT GCT GC #A CGT TGT ATT CAC GAG      239 Val Ile Thr Lys Thr Trp Val Leu Thr Ala Al #a Arg Cys Ile His Glu      65              #     70              #     75 GAG GAA CCC GAC AGA TTC ACA GTG GTT GTT GG #T ACC AAC ACT TTA AAT      287 Glu Glu Pro Asp Arg Phe Thr Val Val Val Gl #y Thr Asn Thr Leu Asn  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 GCT GGA GGA GAA GGT TAC AAC GTT AAA CAG AT #A GTT ATT CAT ATG CAA      335 Ala Gly Gly Glu Gly Tyr Asn Val Lys Gln Il #e Val Ile His Met Gln                 100   #               105   #               110 TTC AAC CAA GTT TAT CTT CTG AAC GAT ATT GG #T TTG ATC GAA ACC GAA      383 Phe Asn Gln Val Tyr Leu Leu Asn Asp Ile Gl #y Leu Ile Glu Thr Glu             115       #           120       #           125 TCA CCA ATA CAA TTT CAT GAT CTG GTT AAG CC #A ATC TCA GTC CCC AAT      431 Ser Pro Ile Gln Phe His Asp Leu Val Lys Pr #o Ile Ser Val Pro Asn         130           #       135           #       140 ATG CAT GTT GAA GAT GGC ACG AGA GTT ACT CT #T TTT GGA TGG GGA AAT      479 Met His Val Glu Asp Gly Thr Arg Val Thr Le #u Phe Gly Trp Gly Asn     145               #   150               #   155 TTA ACG GCT GAA GGA CAT ATG CCA AAC CAT TT #A CAA ACA ATT GAT TTG      527 Leu Thr Ala Glu Gly His Met Pro Asn His Le #u Gln Thr Ile Asp Leu 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 TTA ACA ATA AAT CTG AGT GAA TGC TCC CGA TT #A TTA CCT GAA CCA AGT      575 Leu Thr Ile Asn Leu Ser Glu Cys Ser Arg Le #u Leu Pro Glu Pro Ser                 180   #               185   #               190 ATG ATC AGT ACA AAA CAC ATT TGC ACC TTT GT #T TCA TAT GGA AAA GGA      623 Met Ile Ser Thr Lys His Ile Cys Thr Phe Va #l Ser Tyr Gly Lys Gly             195       #           200       #           205 CTT                   #                   #                   #            626 Leu (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 151:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 208 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #151: Thr Met Asn Phe Ala Leu Trp Phe Val Thr Le #u Val Ser Ile Thr Ser   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ala Asp Pro Ile Arg Val Ser Ser Ile Gly As #n Ala Asn Met Glu Ser              20      #             25      #             30 Arg Val Val Gly Gly Glu Asn Ala Glu Val Gl #y Ala Ala Pro Tyr Gln          35          #         40          #         45 Val Ser Leu Lys Tyr Asn Asn Gly Ala His Ph #e Cys Gly Gly Val Val      50              #     55              #     60 Ile Thr Lys Thr Trp Val Leu Thr Ala Ala Ar #g Cys Ile His Glu Glu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Glu Pro Asp Arg Phe Thr Val Val Val Gly Th #r Asn Thr Leu Asn Ala                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Gly Gly Glu Gly Tyr Asn Val Lys Gln Ile Va #l Ile His Met Gln Phe             100       #           105       #           110 Asn Gln Val Tyr Leu Leu Asn Asp Ile Gly Le #u Ile Glu Thr Glu Ser         115           #       120           #       125 Pro Ile Gln Phe His Asp Leu Val Lys Pro Il #e Ser Val Pro Asn Met     130               #   135               #   140 His Val Glu Asp Gly Thr Arg Val Thr Leu Ph #e Gly Trp Gly Asn Leu 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Thr Ala Glu Gly His Met Pro Asn His Leu Gl #n Thr Ile Asp Leu Leu                 165   #               170   #               175 Thr Ile Asn Leu Ser Glu Cys Ser Arg Leu Le #u Pro Glu Pro Ser Met             180       #           185       #           190 Ile Ser Thr Lys His Ile Cys Thr Phe Val Se #r Tyr Gly Lys Gly Leu         195           #       200           #       205 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 152:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 433 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..432     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #152: GTA ACT GCT GCA CAT TGC TTT TAT GGA ACG TT #A TTT CCG ATT GGA TTC       48 Val Thr Ala Ala His Cys Phe Tyr Gly Thr Le #u Phe Pro Ile Gly Phe   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 TCT GCG AGA GCC GGC AGC AGT ACT GTG AAT TC #A GGA GGA ACT GTG CAT       96 Ser Ala Arg Ala Gly Ser Ser Thr Val Asn Se #r Gly Gly Thr Val His              20      #             25      #             30 ACA ATT TTG TAT TGG TAT ATT CAT CCA AAT TA #T GAT TCA CAA AGT ACA      144 Thr Ile Leu Tyr Trp Tyr Ile His Pro Asn Ty #r Asp Ser Gln Ser Thr          35          #         40          #         45 GAC TTT GAT GTT TCT GTA GTT CGA CTA TTA TC #T TCT TTA AAT TTG AAT      192 Asp Phe Asp Val Ser Val Val Arg Leu Leu Se #r Ser Leu Asn Leu Asn      50              #     55              #     60 GGA GGT TCT ATT CGA CCG GCT AGG TTA GTG GA #T TCT GGA ACT GAT TTG      240 Gly Gly Ser Ile Arg Pro Ala Arg Leu Val As #p Ser Gly Thr Asp Leu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 CCA GCC GGT GAG ATG GTT ACA GTA ACT GGA TG #G GGA CGA CTT TCG GAA      288 Pro Ala Gly Glu Met Val Thr Val Thr Gly Tr #p Gly Arg Leu Ser Glu                  85  #                 90  #                 95 AAT ACT TCT GTT CCC TCG CCA TCA ACT CTT CA #A GGA GTT ACA GTA CCA      336 Asn Thr Ser Val Pro Ser Pro Ser Thr Leu Gl #n Gly Val Thr Val Pro             100       #           105       #           110 GTT GTA AGT AAT TCG GAA TGT CAA CAA CAA TT #G CAA AAT CAG ACA ATC      384 Val Val Ser Asn Ser Glu Cys Gln Gln Gln Le #u Gln Asn Gln Thr Ile         115           #       120           #       125 ACT GAC AAT ATG TTT TGT GCT GGT GAA TTA GA #A GGA GGA AAG GAC TCT      432 Thr Asp Asn Met Phe Cys Ala Gly Glu Leu Gl #u Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser     130               #   135               #   140 T                   #                   #                   #              433 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 153:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 144 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #153: Val Thr Ala Ala His Cys Phe Tyr Gly Thr Le #u Phe Pro Ile Gly Phe   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ser Ala Arg Ala Gly Ser Ser Thr Val Asn Se #r Gly Gly Thr Val His              20      #             25      #             30 Thr Ile Leu Tyr Trp Tyr Ile His Pro Asn Ty #r Asp Ser Gln Ser Thr          35          #         40          #         45 Asp Phe Asp Val Ser Val Val Arg Leu Leu Se #r Ser Leu Asn Leu Asn      50              #     55              #     60 Gly Gly Ser Ile Arg Pro Ala Arg Leu Val As #p Ser Gly Thr Asp Leu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Pro Ala Gly Glu Met Val Thr Val Thr Gly Tr #p Gly Arg Leu Ser Glu                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Asn Thr Ser Val Pro Ser Pro Ser Thr Leu Gl #n Gly Val Thr Val Pro             100       #           105       #           110 Val Val Ser Asn Ser Glu Cys Gln Gln Gln Le #u Gln Asn Gln Thr Ile         115           #       120           #       125 Thr Asp Asn Met Phe Cys Ala Gly Glu Leu Gl #u Gly Gly Lys Asp Ser     130               #   135               #   140 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 154:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 426 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..426     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #154: GCC ACG ACA CCA AAT TCG AAC CTG AAG GTG CG #T TTG GGC GAA TGG GAC       48 Ala Thr Thr Pro Asn Ser Asn Leu Lys Val Ar #g Leu Gly Glu Trp Asp   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GTT CGC GAC CAC GAT GAG CGA CTG AAC CAC GA #G GAA TAC GCA ATC GAA       96 Val Arg Asp His Asp Glu Arg Leu Asn His Gl #u Glu Tyr Ala Ile Glu              20      #             25      #             30 CGC AAA GAA GTT CAT CCT TCA TAT TCA CCA AC #C GAT TTC CGG AAT GAT      144 Arg Lys Glu Val His Pro Ser Tyr Ser Pro Th #r Asp Phe Arg Asn Asp          35          #         40          #         45 GTA GCC TTA GTG AAA CTC GAT AGA ACT GTT AT #T TTC AAA CAA CAT ATT      192 Val Ala Leu Val Lys Leu Asp Arg Thr Val Il #e Phe Lys Gln His Ile      50              #     55              #     60 TTA CCT GTC TGC TTA CCT CAT AAG CAA ATG AA #A CTG GCT GGA AAA ATG      240 Leu Pro Val Cys Leu Pro His Lys Gln Met Ly #s Leu Ala Gly Lys Met  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 GCA ACA GTC GCC GGA TGG GGA CGG ACG AGG CA #C GGG CAG AGC ACT GTG      288 Ala Thr Val Ala Gly Trp Gly Arg Thr Arg Hi #s Gly Gln Ser Thr Val                  85  #                 90  #                 95 CCG GCT GTC TTA CAA GAA GTC GAT GTC GAG GT #G ATT CCG AAT GAA AGA      336 Pro Ala Val Leu Gln Glu Val Asp Val Glu Va #l Ile Pro Asn Glu Arg             100       #           105       #           110 TGC CAG AGG TGG TTC CGT GCT GCG GGT CGA CG #A GAA ACC ATT CAC GAT      384 Cys Gln Arg Trp Phe Arg Ala Ala Gly Arg Ar #g Glu Thr Ile His Asp         115           #       120           #       125 GTC TTT CTC TGC GCC GGA TAT AAA GAG GGT GG #T CGT GAT TCA              # 426 Val Phe Leu Cys Ala Gly Tyr Lys Glu Gly Gl #y Arg Asp Ser     130               #   135               #   140 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 155:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 142 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #155: Ala Thr Thr Pro Asn Ser Asn Leu Lys Val Ar #g Leu Gly Glu Trp Asp   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Val Arg Asp His Asp Glu Arg Leu Asn His Gl #u Glu Tyr Ala Ile Glu              20      #             25      #             30 Arg Lys Glu Val His Pro Ser Tyr Ser Pro Th #r Asp Phe Arg Asn Asp          35          #         40          #         45 Val Ala Leu Val Lys Leu Asp Arg Thr Val Il #e Phe Lys Gln His Ile      50              #     55              #     60 Leu Pro Val Cys Leu Pro His Lys Gln Met Ly #s Leu Ala Gly Lys Met  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Ala Thr Val Ala Gly Trp Gly Arg Thr Arg Hi #s Gly Gln Ser Thr Val                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Pro Ala Val Leu Gln Glu Val Asp Val Glu Va #l Ile Pro Asn Glu Arg             100       #           105       #           110 Cys Gln Arg Trp Phe Arg Ala Ala Gly Arg Ar #g Glu Thr Ile His Asp         115           #       120           #       125 Val Phe Leu Cys Ala Gly Tyr Lys Glu Gly Gl #y Arg Asp Ser     130               #   135               #   140 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 156:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 390 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..390     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #156: GTA TAT GGC AGA GCA ACT CCA TCA CTG TTC AC #C GTT GTA TCA GGC GCA       48 Val Tyr Gly Arg Ala Thr Pro Ser Leu Phe Th #r Val Val Ser Gly Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 CTT TAC TTA ACT GAA GGT GGA GAA CAT CAT GC #T GTT GCT TCC ATC AAA       96 Leu Tyr Leu Thr Glu Gly Gly Glu His His Al #a Val Ala Ser Ile Lys              20      #             25      #             30 TAT CAC GAA AAG TAC AGC CCA AAC ACT TTG GA #C AAT GAT GTG GCA GTT      144 Tyr His Glu Lys Tyr Ser Pro Asn Thr Leu As #p Asn Asp Val Ala Val          35          #         40          #         45 TTG AAG TTG AAA CAG CCA TTG ACT TTC AAT GC #T AAC CAG AAA CCT GTC      192 Leu Lys Leu Lys Gln Pro Leu Thr Phe Asn Al #a Asn Gln Lys Pro Val      50              #     55              #     60 GCC TTG GCC TCA AAG GAT ACA CCT GGA GAC CT #C AAA TGC AAA TTC TCT      240 Ala Leu Ala Ser Lys Asp Thr Pro Gly Asp Le #u Lys Cys Lys Phe Ser  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 GGT TGG GGA TTA GAC GCA TAT CCA AGT GAT GT #T TTA CCA AAT CAC TTA      288 Gly Trp Gly Leu Asp Ala Tyr Pro Ser Asp Va #l Leu Pro Asn His Leu                  85  #                 90  #                 95 CAA AAA ATG GAT GTT CTG ACC TAC AAT AAC GC #T GAC TGC CAA AAG TTC      336 Gln Lys Met Asp Val Leu Thr Tyr Asn Asn Al #a Asp Cys Gln Lys Phe             100       #           105       #           110 CAT AAT GCT GGA CCT AAA TCT AAC ACA ATC TA #C CCA GGA ATG TTG TGC      384 His Asn Ala Gly Pro Lys Ser Asn Thr Ile Ty #r Pro Gly Met Leu Cys         115           #       120           #       125 GGA TTC                 #                   #                   #          390 Gly Phe     130 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 157:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 130 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #157: Val Tyr Gly Arg Ala Thr Pro Ser Leu Phe Th #r Val Val Ser Gly Ala   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Leu Tyr Leu Thr Glu Gly Gly Glu His His Al #a Val Ala Ser Ile Lys              20      #             25      #             30 Tyr His Glu Lys Tyr Ser Pro Asn Thr Leu As #p Asn Asp Val Ala Val          35          #         40          #         45 Leu Lys Leu Lys Gln Pro Leu Thr Phe Asn Al #a Asn Gln Lys Pro Val      50              #     55              #     60 Ala Leu Ala Ser Lys Asp Thr Pro Gly Asp Le #u Lys Cys Lys Phe Ser  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Gly Trp Gly Leu Asp Ala Tyr Pro Ser Asp Va #l Leu Pro Asn His Leu                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Gln Lys Met Asp Val Leu Thr Tyr Asn Asn Al #a Asp Cys Gln Lys Phe             100       #           105       #           110 His Asn Ala Gly Pro Lys Ser Asn Thr Ile Ty #r Pro Gly Met Leu Cys         115           #       120           #       125 Gly Phe     130 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 158:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 197 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 3..197     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #158: GT GGT GGG CTG CCT TCT TCA ATA ACA TTA GCG # CGA GTC AGA CTC GGC        47    Gly Gly Leu Pro Ser Ser Ile Thr Leu  #Ala Arg Val Arg Leu Gly      1              #  5                 #  10                 #  15 GAA CAT AAT GAT CAA TCG GGT ATA GAT TGC GA #G GAC GAT GTT TGC GCA       95 Glu His Asn Asp Gln Ser Gly Ile Asp Cys Gl #u Asp Asp Val Cys Ala                  20  #                 25  #                 30 GAA CCT GTC CAA GAT TTC GAT CCT GTG AAA AT #A ATT CCA CAT CCA GAA      143 Glu Pro Val Gln Asp Phe Asp Pro Val Lys Il #e Ile Pro His Pro Glu              35      #             40      #             45 TAC AAA GAC GAA CTA TTT AAA CAT GAT ATA GC #T CTG ATA AAA TTG GTA      191 Tyr Lys Asp Glu Leu Phe Lys His Asp Ile Al #a Leu Ile Lys Leu Val          50          #         55          #         60 GAA AAT                 #                   #                   #          197 Glu Asn      65 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 159:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 65 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #159: Gly Gly Leu Pro Ser Ser Ile Thr Leu Ala Ar #g Val Arg Leu Gly Glu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 His Asn Asp Gln Ser Gly Ile Asp Cys Glu As #p Asp Val Cys Ala Glu              20      #             25      #             30 Pro Val Gln Asp Phe Asp Pro Val Lys Ile Il #e Pro His Pro Glu Tyr          35          #         40          #         45 Lys Asp Glu Leu Phe Lys His Asp Ile Ala Le #u Ile Lys Leu Val Glu      50              #     55              #     60 Asn  65 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 160:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 261 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..261     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #160: CCG ACT ACC TTA GGC GGA TCT ACT GGT CAC AG #C AAT GAT ATT GCC CTA       48 Pro Thr Thr Leu Gly Gly Ser Thr Gly His Se #r Asn Asp Ile Ala Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 ATC AAA GTC GAT AGA GAT ATC AAA TTC AGC AA #A ACT GTC CAA CCT ATC       96 Ile Lys Val Asp Arg Asp Ile Lys Phe Ser Ly #s Thr Val Gln Pro Ile              20      #             25      #             30 AAA TTG CAC AAA AGT TTA ATA AAT GGA GGT GA #A AAA TTG AAA ATT ACT      144 Lys Leu His Lys Ser Leu Ile Asn Gly Gly Gl #u Lys Leu Lys Ile Thr          35          #         40          #         45 GGA TGG GGA TTG ACG AAT CAA AGT CAT AGT GA #T GAA CCA GAT GTT CTT      192 Gly Trp Gly Leu Thr Asn Gln Ser His Ser As #p Glu Pro Asp Val Leu      50              #     55              #     60 CAA GAG TTG CAT GTA AAA GCA CTT ACT GAT TC #T GAG TGC GAG AAA GCT      240 Gln Glu Leu His Val Lys Ala Leu Thr Asp Se #r Glu Cys Glu Lys Ala  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 ACA GGT GAA GAC CAT CCT ACA        #                   #                 261 Thr Gly Glu Asp His Pro Thr                  85 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 161:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 87 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #161: Pro Thr Thr Leu Gly Gly Ser Thr Gly His Se #r Asn Asp Ile Ala Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ile Lys Val Asp Arg Asp Ile Lys Phe Ser Ly #s Thr Val Gln Pro Ile              20      #             25      #             30 Lys Leu His Lys Ser Leu Ile Asn Gly Gly Gl #u Lys Leu Lys Ile Thr          35          #         40          #         45 Gly Trp Gly Leu Thr Asn Gln Ser His Ser As #p Glu Pro Asp Val Leu      50              #     55              #     60 Gln Glu Leu His Val Lys Ala Leu Thr Asp Se #r Glu Cys Glu Lys Ala  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Thr Gly Glu Asp His Pro Thr                  85 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 162:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 341 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 3..341     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #162: GA AAA TCT CGA ATT GGG CGA CAG CTT AAA ATT # CAC TAT GGA AAT AAC        47    Lys Ser Arg Ile Gly Arg Gln Leu Lys  #Ile His Tyr Gly Asn Asn      1              #  5                 #  10                 #  15 GAC TGG CAC TTT GGC TTC GTT AGT ATT GTA AA #A AAG GCT ATT ATT CAT       95 Asp Trp His Phe Gly Phe Val Ser Ile Val Ly #s Lys Ala Ile Ile His                  20  #                 25  #                 30 CCA AAT TAC AAC CCA GTG ACA TTT GAT AGT GA #T GTG GCC CTT CTG AAG      143 Pro Asn Tyr Asn Pro Val Thr Phe Asp Ser As #p Val Ala Leu Leu Lys              35      #             40      #             45 CTG CAC TCT CCA ATT ACC TTC ACA AAT GGC GT #T CAT AAA GTG TCG CTG      191 Leu His Ser Pro Ile Thr Phe Thr Asn Gly Va #l His Lys Val Ser Leu          50          #         55          #         60 GTC GAA AAA GGT CAA GAT CCT GTA CCT TAT TC #A CCT GCG ATG ATC ACT      239 Val Glu Lys Gly Gln Asp Pro Val Pro Tyr Se #r Pro Ala Met Ile Thr      65              #     70              #     75 GGC TGG GGC CAT ACA ATG GAA GGT GAT ACT AG #T ATT TCG CAA ATT TTA      287 Gly Trp Gly His Thr Met Glu Gly Asp Thr Se #r Ile Ser Gln Ile Leu  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 CAA GGA GCT GTG GTC CCA ATC GTA AAC AGA AA #T GAT TGT CCG AAT TAT      335 Gln Gly Ala Val Val Pro Ile Val Asn Arg As #n Asp Cys Pro Asn Tyr                 100   #               105   #               110 GGA CTC                 #                   #                   #          341 Gly Leu (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 163:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 113 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #163: Lys Ser Arg Ile Gly Arg Gln Leu Lys Ile Hi #s Tyr Gly Asn Asn Asp   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Trp His Phe Gly Phe Val Ser Ile Val Lys Ly #s Ala Ile Ile His Pro              20      #             25      #             30 Asn Tyr Asn Pro Val Thr Phe Asp Ser Asp Va #l Ala Leu Leu Lys Leu          35          #         40          #         45 His Ser Pro Ile Thr Phe Thr Asn Gly Val Hi #s Lys Val Ser Leu Val      50              #     55              #     60 Glu Lys Gly Gln Asp Pro Val Pro Tyr Ser Pr #o Ala Met Ile Thr Gly  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Trp Gly His Thr Met Glu Gly Asp Thr Ser Il #e Ser Gln Ile Leu Gln                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Gly Ala Val Val Pro Ile Val Asn Arg Asn As #p Cys Pro Asn Tyr Gly             100       #           105       #           110 Leu (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 164:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 267 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..267     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #164: CCG ACT ACC TTA GGC GGA TCT ACT GGT CAC AG #C AAT GAT ATT GCC CTA       48 Pro Thr Thr Leu Gly Gly Ser Thr Gly His Se #r Asn Asp Ile Ala Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 ATC AAA GTC GAT AGA GAT ATC AAA TTC AGC AA #A ACT GTC CAA CCT ATC       96 Ile Lys Val Asp Arg Asp Ile Lys Phe Ser Ly #s Thr Val Gln Pro Ile              20      #             25      #             30 AAA TTG CAC AAA AGT TTA ATA AAT GGA GGT GA #A AAA TTG AAA ATT ACT      144 Lys Leu His Lys Ser Leu Ile Asn Gly Gly Gl #u Lys Leu Lys Ile Thr          35          #         40          #         45 GGA TGG GGA TTG ACG AAT CAA AGT CAT AGT GA #T GAA CCA GAT GTT CTT      192 Gly Trp Gly Leu Thr Asn Gln Ser His Ser As #p Glu Pro Asp Val Leu      50              #     55              #     60 CAA GAG TTG CAT GTA AAA GCA CTT ACT GAT TC #T GAG TGC GAG AAA GCT      240 Gln Glu Leu His Val Lys Ala Leu Thr Asp Se #r Glu Cys Glu Lys Ala  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 ACA GGT GAA GAC CAT CCT ACA CAC CTT     #                   #            267 Thr Gly Glu Asp His Pro Thr His Leu                  85 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 165:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 89 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #165: Pro Thr Thr Leu Gly Gly Ser Thr Gly His Se #r Asn Asp Ile Ala Leu   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ile Lys Val Asp Arg Asp Ile Lys Phe Ser Ly #s Thr Val Gln Pro Ile              20      #             25      #             30 Lys Leu His Lys Ser Leu Ile Asn Gly Gly Gl #u Lys Leu Lys Ile Thr          35          #         40          #         45 Gly Trp Gly Leu Thr Asn Gln Ser His Ser As #p Glu Pro Asp Val Leu      50              #     55              #     60 Gln Glu Leu His Val Lys Ala Leu Thr Asp Se #r Glu Cys Glu Lys Ala  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Thr Gly Glu Asp His Pro Thr His Leu                  85 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 166:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 23 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #166: CCCAAATTTT CCATWGCNCC NGC            #                   #                23 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 167:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 23 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #167: Leu Ala Thr Thr Gln Phe Gln Ala Thr His Al #a Arg Ser Ala Phe Pr 1               5    #                10   #                15 Cys Phe Asp Glu Pro Ala Met             20 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 168:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 20 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: misc_ #feature           (B) LOCATION: 1..20           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/label= primer     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #168: CAATTYCAAG CTACYCATGC             #                   #                   # 20 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 169:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 383 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 2..382     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #169: C CGT AGT GCT TTC CCT TGT TTC GAT GAA CCA  #GCA ATG AAG GCC CAT         46   Arg Ser Ala Phe Pro Cys Phe Asp Glu P #ro Ala Met Lys Ala His     1               # 5                  # 10                  # 15 TTC GAA ATC AGC CTT ATA CAC CAT GAA AAA TT #G AAA GCA ATT TCC AAT       94 Phe Glu Ile Ser Leu Ile His His Glu Lys Le #u Lys Ala Ile Ser Asn                  20  #                 25  #                 30 ATG GGT GTA GCA AAG GAA GAA AAC TTA GAT AA #C AAC CGA AAA AGA ACA      142 Met Gly Val Ala Lys Glu Glu Asn Leu Asp As #n Asn Arg Lys Arg Thr              35      #             40      #             45 ACA TTC GAA CAA TCA GTT CTC ATG TCT CCA TA #C CTG GTG GCG TTT ATT      190 Thr Phe Glu Gln Ser Val Leu Met Ser Pro Ty #r Leu Val Ala Phe Ile          50          #         55          #         60 ATC TCA GAT TTC GAA TAT GTA GAA AAA ATT TC #A GGA CCA GTG AAA TAC      238 Ile Ser Asp Phe Glu Tyr Val Glu Lys Ile Se #r Gly Pro Val Lys Tyr      65              #     70              #     75 AGA ATA TAT ACT GAT CCT TTC TCG ATT GAT CA #A GCT GAC TAT GCA TTG      286 Arg Ile Tyr Thr Asp Pro Phe Ser Ile Asp Gl #n Ala Asp Tyr Ala Leu  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 ACT ATG AGC CCC AAA AAT TTT AAC GGC TTT GG #A ACA ACT CAC AGG TGT      334 Thr Met Ser Pro Lys Asn Phe Asn Gly Phe Gl #y Thr Thr His Arg Cys                 100   #               105   #               110 AAA ATA TGT TTT GAA CAA GTT GGA CCA AGC AG #C CAT TCC AGA TTT TGC      382 Lys Ile Cys Phe Glu Gln Val Gly Pro Ser Se #r His Ser Arg Phe Cys             115       #           120       #           125 T                   #                   #                   #              383 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 170:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 127 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #170: Arg Ser Ala Phe Pro Cys Phe Asp Glu Pro Al #a Met Lys Ala His Phe   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Glu Ile Ser Leu Ile His His Glu Lys Leu Ly #s Ala Ile Ser Asn Met              20      #             25      #             30 Gly Val Ala Lys Glu Glu Asn Leu Asp Asn As #n Arg Lys Arg Thr Thr          35          #         40          #         45 Phe Glu Gln Ser Val Leu Met Ser Pro Tyr Le #u Val Ala Phe Ile Ile      50              #     55              #     60 Ser Asp Phe Glu Tyr Val Glu Lys Ile Ser Gl #y Pro Val Lys Tyr Arg  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Ile Tyr Thr Asp Pro Phe Ser Ile Asp Gln Al #a Asp Tyr Ala Leu Thr                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Met Ser Pro Lys Asn Phe Asn Gly Phe Gly Th #r Thr His Arg Cys Lys             100       #           105       #           110 Ile Cys Phe Glu Gln Val Gly Pro Ser Ser Hi #s Ser Arg Phe Cys         115           #       120           #       125 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 171:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 537 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 2..535     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #171: A TAT ATT TTG GAA ATA AAA GGC TTC AAA TCT  #ACT TTG AGA GAT GAC         46   Tyr Ile Leu Glu Ile Lys Gly Phe Lys S #er Thr Leu Arg Asp Asp     1               # 5                  # 10                  # 15 ATG GCT GGC TTC TAC AAA AGT TCA TAC AAA AC #G CCA AAA GGA GAA ACA       94 Met Ala Gly Phe Tyr Lys Ser Ser Tyr Lys Th #r Pro Lys Gly Glu Thr                  20  #                 25  #                 30 AGA TGG TTG GCT ACA ACC CAG TTT CAG GCA AC #T CAT GCC CGT AGT GCT      142 Arg Trp Leu Ala Thr Thr Gln Phe Gln Ala Th #r His Ala Arg Ser Ala              35      #             40      #             45 TTC CCT TGT TTC GAT GAA CCA GCA ATG AAG GC #C CAT TTC GAA ATC AGC      190 Phe Pro Cys Phe Asp Glu Pro Ala Met Lys Al #a His Phe Glu Ile Ser          50          #         55          #         60 CTT ATA CAC CAT GAA AAA TTG AAA GCA ATT TC #C AAT ATG GGT GTA GCA      238 Leu Ile His His Glu Lys Leu Lys Ala Ile Se #r Asn Met Gly Val Ala      65              #     70              #     75 AAG GAA GAA AAC TTA GAT AAC AAC CGA AAA AG #A ACA ACA TTC GAA CAA      286 Lys Glu Glu Asn Leu Asp Asn Asn Arg Lys Ar #g Thr Thr Phe Glu Gln  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 TCA GTT CTC ATG TCT CCA TAC CTG GTG GCG TT #T ATT ATC TCA GAT TTC      334 Ser Val Leu Met Ser Pro Tyr Leu Val Ala Ph #e Ile Ile Ser Asp Phe                 100   #               105   #               110 GAA TAT GTA GAA AAA ATT TCA GGA CCA GTG AA #A TAC AGA ATA TAT ACT      382 Glu Tyr Val Glu Lys Ile Ser Gly Pro Val Ly #s Tyr Arg Ile Tyr Thr             115       #           120       #           125 GAT CCT TTC TCG ATT GAT CAA GCT GAC TAT GC #A TTG ACT ATG AGC CCC      430 Asp Pro Phe Ser Ile Asp Gln Ala Asp Tyr Al #a Leu Thr Met Ser Pro         130           #       135           #       140 AAA AAT TTT AAC GGC TTT GGA ACA ACT CAC AG #G TGT AAA ATA TGT TTT      478 Lys Asn Phe Asn Gly Phe Gly Thr Thr His Ar #g Cys Lys Ile Cys Phe     145               #   150               #   155 GAA CAA GTT GGA CCA AGC AGC CAT TCC AGA TT #T TGC TGC CGG CGC AAT      526 Glu Gln Val Gly Pro Ser Ser His Ser Arg Ph #e Cys Cys Arg Arg Asn 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 GGA AAA TTT GG              #                   #                   #      537 Gly Lys Phe (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 172:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 178 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #172: Tyr Ile Leu Glu Ile Lys Gly Phe Lys Ser Th #r Leu Arg Asp Asp Met   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Ala Gly Phe Tyr Lys Ser Ser Tyr Lys Thr Pr #o Lys Gly Glu Thr Arg              20      #             25      #             30 Trp Leu Ala Thr Thr Gln Phe Gln Ala Thr Hi #s Ala Arg Ser Ala Phe          35          #         40          #         45 Pro Cys Phe Asp Glu Pro Ala Met Lys Ala Hi #s Phe Glu Ile Ser Leu      50              #     55              #     60 Ile His His Glu Lys Leu Lys Ala Ile Ser As #n Met Gly Val Ala Lys  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Glu Glu Asn Leu Asp Asn Asn Arg Lys Arg Th #r Thr Phe Glu Gln Ser                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Val Leu Met Ser Pro Tyr Leu Val Ala Phe Il #e Ile Ser Asp Phe Glu             100       #           105       #           110 Tyr Val Glu Lys Ile Ser Gly Pro Val Lys Ty #r Arg Ile Tyr Thr Asp         115           #       120           #       125 Pro Phe Ser Ile Asp Gln Ala Asp Tyr Ala Le #u Thr Met Ser Pro Lys     130               #   135               #   140 Asn Phe Asn Gly Phe Gly Thr Thr His Arg Cy #s Lys Ile Cys Phe Glu 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Gln Val Gly Pro Ser Ser His Ser Arg Phe Cy #s Cys Arg Arg Asn Gly                 165   #               170   #               175 Lys Phe (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 173:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 25 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #173: TTGGGATACA CTTTGACTGT TAACC           #                   #               25 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 174:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 24 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #174: GTGAGCAACC ATTATTTCCA TATC           #                   #                24 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 175:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 23 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: misc_ #feature           (B) LOCATION: 1..23           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/label= primer     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #175: CTTGTACGAT TGTCTCAACA GGC            #                   #                23 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 176:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 27 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: misc_ #feature           (B) LOCATION: 1..27           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/label= primer     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #176: CTTTCCTCAC AATACCACCA AGGAAGC           #                   #             27 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 177:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 573 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 1..573     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #177: CGA TCT TTT AGA CAA GCG AAA TTG ATA ACG AA #G TTT TCG AAG TCG GAT       48 Arg Ser Phe Arg Gln Ala Lys Leu Ile Thr Ly #s Phe Ser Lys Ser Asp   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 GAA GTA AAA ACC TTG CGT TGG TTT CCC CGG TC #C CAG GAT CAG GAA CAG       96 Glu Val Lys Thr Leu Arg Trp Phe Pro Arg Se #r Gln Asp Gln Glu Gln              20      #             25      #             30 TTG CAC TTT ACC CCA ATG AGG GAA TTC GTG CA #T CCC CAT TTT ACC GAA      144 Leu His Phe Thr Pro Met Arg Glu Phe Val Hi #s Pro His Phe Thr Glu          35          #         40          #         45 CAT ATT GAT GAA GAA TTC CAC CGA TTC ATC AA #T AAA CAC GGA AAA ATT      192 His Ile Asp Glu Glu Phe His Arg Phe Ile As #n Lys His Gly Lys Ile      50              #     55              #     60 TAT AAT AAA AAT GAA GAA CAT CAT TTC CGC AA #A GAA ATT TTC AGA CTA      240 Tyr Asn Lys Asn Glu Glu His His Phe Arg Ly #s Glu Ile Phe Arg Leu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 AAC TTG AGG TAC ATT TTT TCT AAG AAT CGT GC #A AAT TTG GGA TAC ACT      288 Asn Leu Arg Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Asn Arg Al #a Asn Leu Gly Tyr Thr                  85  #                 90  #                 95 TTG ACT GTT AAC CAT TTG GCT GAT CGT ACT GA #A GCT GAA CTT AAG GCT      336 Leu Thr Val Asn His Leu Ala Asp Arg Thr Gl #u Ala Glu Leu Lys Ala             100       #           105       #           110 TTG AGA GGA CAC AGA CCT TCC TCC GGT TAT AA #T GGC GGT TTA CCC TTT      384 Leu Arg Gly His Arg Pro Ser Ser Gly Tyr As #n Gly Gly Leu Pro Phe         115           #       120           #       125 CCT CAC AAT ACC ACC AAG GAA GCA AGA AAT TT #A CCA GAT TCT TTC GAC      432 Pro His Asn Thr Thr Lys Glu Ala Arg Asn Le #u Pro Asp Ser Phe Asp     130               #   135               #   140 TGG CGA ATT TAT GGA GCT GTT ACT CCA GTT AA #A GAT CAA TCT GTT TGT      480 Trp Arg Ile Tyr Gly Ala Val Thr Pro Val Ly #s Asp Gln Ser Val Cys 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 GGT TCC TGC TGG TCT TTC GGA ACA ATT GGA GC #A ATC GAA GGT GCA TAT      528 Gly Ser Cys Trp Ser Phe Gly Thr Ile Gly Al #a Ile Glu Gly Ala Tyr                 165   #               170   #               175 TTC TTG AAA ACG GCG GTA ATC TGT ACG ATG TC #T CAC AGC TTG ATG          57 #3 Phe Leu Lys Thr Ala Val Ile Cys Thr Met Se #r His Ser Leu Met             180       #           185       #           190 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 178:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 191 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #178: Arg Ser Phe Arg Gln Ala Lys Leu Ile Thr Ly #s Phe Ser Lys Ser Asp   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Glu Val Lys Thr Leu Arg Trp Phe Pro Arg Se #r Gln Asp Gln Glu Gln              20      #             25      #             30 Leu His Phe Thr Pro Met Arg Glu Phe Val Hi #s Pro His Phe Thr Glu          35          #         40          #         45 His Ile Asp Glu Glu Phe His Arg Phe Ile As #n Lys His Gly Lys Ile      50              #     55              #     60 Tyr Asn Lys Asn Glu Glu His His Phe Arg Ly #s Glu Ile Phe Arg Leu  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Asn Leu Arg Tyr Ile Phe Ser Lys Asn Arg Al #a Asn Leu Gly Tyr Thr                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Leu Thr Val Asn His Leu Ala Asp Arg Thr Gl #u Ala Glu Leu Lys Ala             100       #           105       #           110 Leu Arg Gly His Arg Pro Ser Ser Gly Tyr As #n Gly Gly Leu Pro Phe         115           #       120           #       125 Pro His Asn Thr Thr Lys Glu Ala Arg Asn Le #u Pro Asp Ser Phe Asp     130               #   135               #   140 Trp Arg Ile Tyr Gly Ala Val Thr Pro Val Ly #s Asp Gln Ser Val Cys 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Gly Ser Cys Trp Ser Phe Gly Thr Ile Gly Al #a Ile Glu Gly Ala Tyr                 165   #               170   #               175 Phe Leu Lys Thr Ala Val Ile Cys Thr Met Se #r His Ser Leu Met             180       #           185       #           190 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 179:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #179: Ile Val Gly Gly Glu Asp Val Asp Ile Ser Th #r Cys Gly Trp Cys 1               5    #                10   #                15 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 180:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 17 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #180: Ile Val Gly Gly His Asp Thr Ser Ile Lys Gl #n His Pro Tyr Gln Va 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ser (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 181:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 23 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #181: Ile Val Gly Gly Val Ser Val Asn Ile Asn As #p Tyr Gly Tyr Gln Le 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ser Leu Gln Ser Asn Gly Arg             20 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 182:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 32 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: misc_ #feature           (B) LOCATION: 1..32           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/label= primer     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #182: GGACGAATTC TTAAACACCA GACACTTCCT TG        #                   #          32 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 183:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 32 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: misc_ #feature           (B) LOCATION: 1..32           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/label= primer     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #183: GAGCTCTCGA GAATCGTAGG AGGACACGAT AC        #                   #          32 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 184:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 34 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: <Unkno #wn>           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #184: Ile Val Gly Gly Glu Asp Val Asp Ile Ser Th #r Cys Gly Trp Gln Il 1               5    #                10   #                15 Ser Phe Gln Ser Glu Asn Leu His Phe Cys Gl #y Gly Ser Ile Ile Al             20       #            25       #            30 Pro Lys (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 185:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 26 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: misc_ #feature           (B) LOCATION: 1..26           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/label= primer     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #185: GAAGATGTWG ATATTTCWAC ATGTGG           #                   #              26 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 186:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 27 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: misc_ #feature           (B) LOCATION: 1..27           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/label= primer     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #186: GAAAATGAAA TCCACTTAAA CATTACG           #                   #             27 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 187:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 21 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #187: CTCTTATTGT ACGAGGGATG C            #                   #                   #21 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 188:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 22 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid           (A) DESCRIPTION: /desc  #= “primer”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #188: ATTCCTCGTG GTTCAGTCGC TC            #                   #                 22 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 189:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 778 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA     (ix) FEATURE:           (A) NAME/KEY: CDS           (B) LOCATION: 2..778           (D) OTHER INFORMATION:  #/note= “At pos. bp 13, change A to                N.  At # pos. aa 4, substitute Xaa.”     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #189: T GAT ACC TCA GAN TTG CCG GTA CAA AGG CGA  #ACG GTT TCG AGT GCG         46   Asp Thr Ser Xaa Leu Pro Val Gln Arg A #rg Thr Val Ser Ser Ala     1               # 5                  # 10                  # 15 GTT TGT CAA TTT TCG TGC GTC CTG GGC GGC GG #A AAA CCT CTT GAC CTG       94 Val Cys Gln Phe Ser Cys Val Leu Gly Gly Gl #y Lys Pro Leu Asp Leu                  20  #                 25  #                 30 TGC AGC GGC GGA ATG ATC TGG TCG TGC TGC GT #C GAC AGG GAC ATT CGG      142 Cys Ser Gly Gly Met Ile Trp Ser Cys Cys Va #l Asp Arg Asp Ile Arg              35      #             40      #             45 CCT GAG CCG CAG CAC CAG GGC GCT CTG CAG AA #C GCA ACT TGT GGA GAA      190 Pro Glu Pro Gln His Gln Gly Ala Leu Gln As #n Ala Thr Cys Gly Glu          50          #         55          #         60 TTG TAC ACG AGG TCT AAT AGA ATC GTA GGA GG #T CAT TCA ACA GGA TTC      238 Leu Tyr Thr Arg Ser Asn Arg Ile Val Gly Gl #y His Ser Thr Gly Phe      65              #     70              #     75 GGG TCT CAT CCT TGG CAG GCG GCT TTG ATC AA #A TCA GGA TTT TTG AGT      286 Gly Ser His Pro Trp Gln Ala Ala Leu Ile Ly #s Ser Gly Phe Leu Ser  80                  # 85                  # 90                  # 95 AAA AAA TTA TCT TGC GGT GGC GCT TTA GTT AG #C GAT CGA TGG GTT ATA      334 Lys Lys Leu Ser Cys Gly Gly Ala Leu Val Se #r Asp Arg Trp Val Ile                 100   #               105   #               110 ACT GCT GCA CAT TGC GTT GCC ACG ACA CCA AA #T TCG AAC CTG AAG GTG      382 Thr Ala Ala His Cys Val Ala Thr Thr Pro As #n Ser Asn Leu Lys Val             115       #           120       #           125 CGA TTG GGC GAA TGG GAC GTC CGC GAC CAC GA #T GAG CGA CTG AAC CAC      430 Arg Leu Gly Glu Trp Asp Val Arg Asp His As #p Glu Arg Leu Asn His         130           #       135           #       140 GAG GAA TAC GCA ATC GAA CGC AAA GAA GTT CA #T CCT TCA TAT TCA CCA      478 Glu Glu Tyr Ala Ile Glu Arg Lys Glu Val Hi #s Pro Ser Tyr Ser Pro     145               #   150               #   155 ACC GAT TTC CGG AAT GAT GTA GCC TTA GTG AA #A CTC GAT AGA ACT GTT      526 Thr Asp Phe Arg Asn Asp Val Ala Leu Val Ly #s Leu Asp Arg Thr Val 160                 1 #65                 1 #70                 1 #75 ATT TTC AAA CAA CAT ATT TTA CCT GTC TGC TT #A CCT CAT AAG CAA ATG      574 Ile Phe Lys Gln His Ile Leu Pro Val Cys Le #u Pro His Lys Gln Met                 180   #               185   #               190 AAA CTG GCT GGA AAA ATG GCA ACA GTC GCC GG #A TGG GGA CGG ACG AGG      622 Lys Leu Ala Gly Lys Met Ala Thr Val Ala Gl #y Trp Gly Arg Thr Arg             195       #           200       #           205 CAC GGG CAG AGC ACT GTG CCG GCT GTC TTA CA #A GAA GTC GAT GTC GAG      670 His Gly Gln Ser Thr Val Pro Ala Val Leu Gl #n Glu Val Asp Val Glu         210           #       215           #       220 GTG ATT CCG AAT GAA AGA TGC CAG AGG TGG TT #C CGT GCT GCG GGT CGA      718 Val Ile Pro Asn Glu Arg Cys Gln Arg Trp Ph #e Arg Ala Ala Gly Arg     225               #   230               #   235 CGA GAA ACC ATT CAC GAT GTC TTT CTC TGC GC #C GGA TAT AAA GAG GGT      766 Arg Glu Thr Ile His Asp Val Phe Leu Cys Al #a Gly Tyr Lys Glu Gly 240                 2 #45                 2 #50                 2 #55 GGT CGT GAT TCA             #                   #                   #      778 Gly Arg Asp Ser (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 190:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 259 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:  #190: Asp Thr Ser Xaa Leu Pro Val Gln Arg Arg Th #r Val Ser Ser Ala Val   1               5  #                 10  #                 15 Cys Gln Phe Ser Cys Val Leu Gly Gly Gly Ly #s Pro Leu Asp Leu Cys              20      #             25      #             30 Ser Gly Gly Met Ile Trp Ser Cys Cys Val As #p Arg Asp Ile Arg Pro          35          #         40          #         45 Glu Pro Gln His Gln Gly Ala Leu Gln Asn Al #a Thr Cys Gly Glu Leu      50              #     55              #     60 Tyr Thr Arg Ser Asn Arg Ile Val Gly Gly Hi #s Ser Thr Gly Phe Gly  65                  # 70                  # 75                  # 80 Ser His Pro Trp Gln Ala Ala Leu Ile Lys Se #r Gly Phe Leu Ser Lys                  85  #                 90  #                 95 Lys Leu Ser Cys Gly Gly Ala Leu Val Ser As #p Arg Trp Val Ile Thr             100       #           105       #           110 Ala Ala His Cys Val Ala Thr Thr Pro Asn Se #r Asn Leu Lys Val Arg         115           #       120           #       125 Leu Gly Glu Trp Asp Val Arg Asp His Asp Gl #u Arg Leu Asn His Glu     130               #   135               #   140 Glu Tyr Ala Ile Glu Arg Lys Glu Val His Pr #o Ser Tyr Ser Pro Thr 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Asp Phe Arg Asn Asp Val Ala Leu Val Lys Le #u Asp Arg Thr Val Ile                 165   #               170   #               175 Phe Lys Gln His Ile Leu Pro Val Cys Leu Pr #o His Lys Gln Met Lys             180       #           185       #           190 Leu Ala Gly Lys Met Ala Thr Val Ala Gly Tr #p Gly Arg Thr Arg His         195           #       200           #       205 Gly Gln Ser Thr Val Pro Ala Val Leu Gln Gl #u Val Asp Val Glu Val     210               #   215               #   220 Ile Pro Asn Glu Arg Cys Gln Arg Trp Phe Ar #g Ala Ala Gly Arg Arg 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Glu Thr Ile His Asp Val Phe Leu Cys Ala Gl #y Tyr Lys Glu Gly Gly                 245   #               250   #               255 Arg Asp Ser 

What is claimed is:
 1. An isolated flea leucine aminopeptidase protein selected from the group consisting of: a) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:51 and SEQ ID NO:113; and, b) a flea protein comprising a homologue of a protein of (a), wherein said homologue comprises at least a 6 contiguous amino acid portion of either one of said amino acid sequences of (a).
 2. The protein of claim 1, wherein said leucine aminopeptidase protein comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:51 and SEQ ID NO:113.
 3. The protein of claim 1, wherein said protein, when administered to an animal elicits an immune response against a flea leucine aminopeptidase protein.
 4. The protein of claim 1, wherein said protein has proteolytic activity.
 5. The protein of claim 1, wherein said protein is produced by a process comprising culturing an isolated recombinant cell transformed with a nucleic acid molecule encoding said protein to produce said protein. 